Arnold is an English name. While there are French and German versions of the name, Arnold remains English. The word is translated to mean "Eagle-Gracious," Eagle-Mighty" and related translations. While it is possible that a German immigrant named Aronholt changed his name or had it changed to Arnold, there is every reason to believe that the progenitor of this family was English. There were Arnolds in Virginia in the 1700s and also in England many hundreds of years ago. Gary Radcliffe glradcliffe@aol.com