Arbon

ARH-bun; AR-BAW(n)

Place name, Latin, French

"arbor, place of trees; happy tree; place of tree stumps"

Arbon Origin and Meaning

The name Arbon is a boy's name meaning "arbor, place of trees; happy tree; place of tree stumps".

With the stylish sounds of Arden, Arlo, and Ruben, Arbon is an unusual place name. It appears on the map in Switzerland, where it is used for both a historic town and a district in the north east of the country. The current name emerged from the Latin name for the place, Arbor Felix, meaning "happy tree".

Alternatively, the name may derive from the surname D'Abernon or D'Aubernoun, borne by a Norman nobleman, whose family originated from the parish of Abernon in Normandy, France. It could equally draw inspiration from the French place name, Arbonne, meaning "place of tree stumps".