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Arthur

Pronounced /ˈɑɹθɚ/

Rank in 2024
#13,281
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1928 · #735
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for boys:3,318 in 2024 (#105)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 7 girls were named Arthur, about 1 in every 230,455.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 94 babies, ranked #735.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 3,200 girls have been named Arthur since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Arthur per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 935 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 959 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 595 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 356 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 178 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From the name of the legendary king, from Middle English Arthure, from Medieval Latin Arthurus, probably from Middle Welsh arth (“bear”). Other suggestions include Old Welsh arth (“bear”) and ur (“man”), or a Latinized (Romano-British) name; compare Latin Artorius, itself possibly of Etruscan origin, or more likely Messapic-Illyrian related to Proto-Albanian *artsa (“bear”). ==== Proper noun ==== Arthur (countable and uncountable, plural Arthurs) A male given name from the Celtic languages.

  • A male given name from the Celtic languages.
Origin
Celtic
Say it
/ˈɑɹθɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Arthur, CC BY-SA 4.0.