Arabella: translation
Arabella f
Scottish and English: of uncertain etymology. It probably represents an alteration of An(n)abella (see ANNABEL (SEE Annabel)).
Variant: Arabel (now rare, but commoner in earlier centuries, when it was also sometimes found as Orābel, apparently altered by folk etymology to conform with Latin orābilis invokable (from orāre to pray to), i.e. a saint who could be invoked).