Sports such as bullbaiting and cockfighting that declined in the late nineteenth century to be replaced by spectator sports, gambling on spectator sports, and other leisure activities like the theater, opera, and music hall.
Latin Meaning: The name Arabella is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Arabella is: Derived from 'orabilis' meaning yielding to prayer. Famous bearer: Lady Arabella Stuart was cousin of King James VI of Scotland. Also ameaning beautiful, loving, lovable, graceful.
Etymology & Historical Origin - Arabella. What we are certain of is that Arabella originated in Scotland; what we donât know is the precise source of that origin. Most etymological sources conclude that Arabella is an alteration of Annabella, from the medieval Amabel derived from the Latin âamabilisâ meaning âlovableâ. Others say it could be a mutation from the Latin word âorabilisâ meaning âsusceptible to prayerâ (from âorareâ meaning âto prayâ). The most notable Scottish bearer of this name was Lady Arabella Stuart (1575-1615) who was a possible successor to the English throne after Queen Elizabeth I of England.