 The name "Arnulf" is attested from as early as the 5th century, as the name of the brother of Odoacer.The name is attested with some frequency in Medieval Germany throughout the 8th to 11th centuries, in the spelling variants "Arnulf, Arnulph, Arnolf", occasionally also as "Arenulph, Harnulf, Harnolf, Harnolph".In the 9th century, Arnulf of Carinthia was the ruler of East Francia and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 896.