Arnaud (surname)
Arnaud |
Family name |
Meaning |
Eagle ruler |
Region of origin |
France |
Language(s) of origin |
French |
Related names |
Arnold, Arnauld, Arnoul |
Arnaud or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul) is the French form of the name Arnold. The name is Germanic in origin, from arn ("eagle") + wald ("ruler").
It may refer to the following people:
- Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mathematician
- Auguste Arnaud, French sculptor
- Brothers Arnaud, founders of Arnaudville, Louisiana
- Davy Arnaud (born 1980), American soccer player
- François Arnaud (actor) (born 1985), French film and stage actor
- François Arnaud (ecclesiastic) (1721–1784), French clergyman, writer, and philologist
- Georges-Jean Arnaud (born 1928), French author
- Henri Arnaud (pastor) (1641–1721), pastor of the Vaudois
- Henri Arnaud (athlete) (1891-1956), French middle distance runner
- Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (1801–1854), French soldier and Marshal of France
- Leo Arnaud, French-American composer, best known for scoring Bugler's Dream, which is used as the theme for the Olympic Games
- Loris Arnaud (born 1987), French footballer
- Michel Arnaud (1915–1990), French Army general
- Michèle Arnaud (1919–1998), French singer, producer, and director
- Yvonne Arnaud (1892–1958), French-born pianist, singer and actress
- Arnauld family, noble French family prominent in the 17th century, associated with Jansenism