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Artur

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Celtic name of uncertain meaning [1] [2]

Some theories:

1) Old Irish art = 'bear' + Old Irish (?) viros = 'man' [3] [4]

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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 [5] [6] [7] [8] [3] [9] [2]

4) Celtic form of Arnþórr [3]

Related Names

Arthur ♂
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Arthúr ♂
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Ártor ♂
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Arttuli ♂
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Arttur ♂
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Artturi ♂
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Arttuuri ♂
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Artur ♂
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Artúr ♂
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Arturus ♂
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See also Arkko, Arppa, Arska, Arto, Artsi, Arttu, Artūras (Lithuanian), Atte, Turi

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Artursson Faroe Islands

Female

Artursdóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Artur
Genitive: Arturs
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Artur
Genitive: Arturin
Partitive: Arturia
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Artur
Accusative: Artur
Dative: Arturi
Genitive: Arturs
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Artur
Genitive: Arturs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Artur
Genitive: Arturs

Name Days

Norway Norway

28 August

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

31 October

Sweden Sweden

13 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

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

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[12]
1574 6057 0 3 1574 6054
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
 4912 0 0
n.a.
 4912
Denmark Denmark[14]
475
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 475
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[15]
182 229
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[16]
0 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[17]
1309
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 1309
n.a.
  #: 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

Name statistics for Artur (m) Sources: [12][14][17][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Artur (m) Sources: [18]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Artur (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Artur (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Artur (m)


References

  1. ↑ Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  6. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  9. ↑ Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
  10. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  16. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  18. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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