Artur

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Celtic name of uncertain meaning

Some theories:

1) Old Irish art = 'bear' + Old Irish (?) viros = 'man'

2) Old Irish art = 'stone'

3) deriving from a Roman family name Artorius of unknown meaning - although one theory is that this Roman family name actually derives from the Celtic first name Artur [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

     
Aarti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aarto ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aarttu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arkka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arkko ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arska ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arthur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Arthúr ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Arto ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ártor ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Artsa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Artsi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Artte ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Artti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Artto ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arttu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arttuli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Artturi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Arttuuri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Artur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Arturus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish
Atte ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Old Swedish Swedish
Turi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Tuure ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Tuuri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Tyyri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Arppa

Name Days

Norway Norway

28 August

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

31 October

Sweden Sweden

13 April

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Artur
Accusative: Artur
Dative: Arturi
Genitive: Arturs

Further Information

Namesakes

Artur Immanuel Hazelius, 30th November, 1833 – 27th May, 1901, Swedish teacher, scholar and folklorist, founder of the Nordic Museum and the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 19th century [3]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png 1 1 1421 6845
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 332 793
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 289 n.a
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 n.a 3646
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][6][5][7]:Name statistics for Artur(m)


Sources: [4] [6] [5] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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