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Arthur
Pronounced /ˈɑɹθɚ/
Rank in 2024
#105
Born in 2024
3,318
Peak year
1921 · #19
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for girls:7 in 2024 (#13,281)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,318 boys were named Arthur, about 1 in every 517.
- It peaked in 1921 with 10,527 babies, ranked #19.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 544,857 boys 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.
- 9.6Greatest1901–27
- 6.2Silent1928–45
- 3.2Boomers1946–64
- 1.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.8Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 160,796 babies, 9.62 per 1,000. Silent: 128,196 babies, 6.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 119,441 babies, 3.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 40,672 babies, 1.49 per 1,000. Millennials: 23,926 babies, 0.79 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,658 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 23,786 babies, 1.09 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.