Name: Arthur
Gender: Male
Usage: Arthur, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Arthur are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Arthur across the world, see Art.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Arthur is: Strong as a bear, Noble strength a bear.
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Numerology of the first name Arthur: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Arthur is ranked on the 588th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 987100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.014% of the population. The name Arthur has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Arthur for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Arthur is a common masculine given name. Its etymology is disputed, but its popularity derives from its being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur.
Art and Artie are diminutive forms of the name. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur.
Of Celtic origin. King Arthur was a British king of the 5th or 6th century, about whom virtually no historical facts are known. He ruled in Britain after the collapse of the Roman Empire and before the coming of the Germanic tribes, and a vast body of legends grew up around him in the literatures of medieval Western Europe. His name is first found in the Latinized form Artorius and is of obscure derivation. The spelling with -th-, now invariably reflected in the pronunciation of the English name, is not found before the 16th century, and seems to represent no more than an artificial embellishment. The name became particularly popular in Britain in the 19th century, partly as a result of the fame of Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), Duke of Wellington, partly because of the popularity of Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1842–85), and partly because of the enormous Victorian interest in things medieval in general and in Arthurian legend in particular. This interest also accounts for its adoption as a given name in France and elsewhere in Western Europe.
Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Artair (from which derives the surname Mac Artair, Anglicized as McArthur and Carter). Irish Gaelic: Artúr. Italian, Spanish: Arturo.
Short form: Art.
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