Arthur

Celtic

" bear"

Arthur Origin and Meaning

The name Arthur is a boy's name of Celtic origin meaning " bear".

Arthur, once the shining head of the Knights of the Round Table, is, after decades of neglect, now being polished up and restored by stylish parents, inspired perhaps by the new generation of royals. Arthur has led the list of possible names for the young British princes, chosen as a middle name for Prince Louis, son of William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales.

In addition to its leading role in the Arthurian legends, Arthurs figure prominently in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and George Eliot's Adam Bede. There are also countless Arthurs in children's literature, movies, and TV -- including The Fonz of Happy Days fame. More recently, Arthur was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Santa in the eponymous movie Arthur Christmas.

Arthur has many notable namesakes, including playwright Arthur Miller; writer/astronomer Arthur C. Clarke; writers Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Rimbaud and Arthur Koestler; philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer; conductor Arthur Fiedler; and tennis great Arthur Ashe, the first African American to win the U.S. Open. Queen Victoria's seventh child was Prince Arthur.

Arthur was a Top 20 name from at least 1880 through 1926. And in 2011, actress Selma Blair named her son Arthur Saint.

Arthur Rank in US Top 1000

# 128 in the US

Arthur Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 17 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Arthur

• 128 US 2023
• 17 Nameberry 2025
• 20 Canada 2023
• 66 Future 2035
• 6 England 2023
• 24 Scotland 2024
• 47 Ireland 2024
• 24 Australia 2023
• 10 New Zealand 2024
• 9 France 2023
• 67 Germany 2024
• 92 Netherlands 2024
• 6 Brazil 2024
• 14 Denmark 2023
• 2 Belgium 2023
• 27 Switzerland 2023

20 Names Similar to Arthur

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Arthur.

• Oscar
• Hugo
• Louis
• Frederick
• Simon
• George
• Edmund
• Walter
• Alfred
• Rupert
• Edward
• Albert
• Francis
• Edwin
• Theodore
• Felix
• Phineas
• Charles
• Benedict
• Harry

Famous People Named Arthur

• Arthur I Duke of Brittany, claimant to the English throne
• Arthur Tudor Prince of Wales, elder brother of King Henry VIII of England, one,time heir apparent
• Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo,Irish field marshal and British Prime Minister,
• Arthur Wellesley 2nd,5th Dukes of Wellington
• Arthur William Patrick Albert Prince of the UK; Duke of Connaught and Strathairn; Governor,General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert Prince of Connaught; Governor,General of South Africa; grandson of Queen Victoria
• Arthur Conan Doyle Scottish physician and novelist
• Arthur Nixon brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon
• Arthur Robert Ashe American tennis player
• (Jean Nicolas) Arthur Rimbaud French poet
• Arthur Schopenhauer German philosopher
• Arthur Rackham English book illustrator
• Arthur John Evans English archaeologist
• (Thomas) Arthur Darvill English actor
• Arthur Asher Miller American playwright
• Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter Canadian,American TV presenter
• Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel American singer of duo Simon & Garfunkel
• Arthur Rubinstein Polish,American pianist
• Arthur Wontner English actor
• Arthur Gordon Webster founder of the American Physical Society
• Arthur Robert Morris Australian cricketer
• Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Alberta
• Arthur Ernest Percival English Army general
• Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan English cricketer
• Arthur Webb Mold English cricketer
• Arthur William Radford American Navy admiral
• Arthur Joseph "Monkey" Gould Welsh rugby union player
• Arthur Kelly English actor
• Gerard Arthur Way American musician of band My Chemical Romance
• Arthur Cave (b. 2000) late son of singer Nick Cave; twin brother Earl
• Arthur Clutterbuck (b. 2010) son of actor Andrew Lincoln
• Arthur Amidon (b. 2011) son of singers Sam Amidon and Beth Orton
• Arthur Saint Bleick (b. 2011) son of actress Selma Blair
• Arthur Elliot (b. 2012) son of Ben Elliot and Mary,Clare Winwood; great,nephew of the Duchess of Cornwall; grandson of musician Steve Winwood
• Arthur Michael William Matthews (b. 2018) son of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews; nephew of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge
• Arthur "Bryce" Courtenay novelist

The name Arthur in Pop Culture

• Arthur Pendragon legendary King of England
• Arthur Read aardvark main character of the Arthur book and TV series
• Arthur “Boo” Radley character in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
• Arthur Fonzarelli aka The Fonz, character on TV's ‘Happy Days’
• Arthur Weasley character in the ‘Harry Potter’ series
• Arthur character in the 2010 American movie ‘Inception’
• Uncle Arthur character on the television show ‘Bewitched’
• Arthur “Art” Bell character on TV's ‘Orphan Black’
• Arthur Clennam character in ‘Little Dorrit’, written by Charles Dickens
• Arthur Koblenz Dallas character in ‘Alien’
• Arthur Dimmesdale fictional character in ‘The Scarlet Letter’
• Arthur Donnithorne fictional character in George Eliot’s ‘Adam Bede’
• Arthur “Art” Douglas aka Drax the Destroyer, character in Marvel Comics
• Arthur Dent character in Douglas Adams’ book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’
• Arthur Goring character in Oscar Wilde’s ‘An Ideal Husband’
• Arthur Hackett character on the American television show ‘Pretty Little Liars’
• Arthur Kirkland personification of the United Kingdom in the manga and anime series ‘Axis Powers: Hetalia’
• Arthur Leander character in the novel ‘Station Eleven’
• Arthur Mitchell aka the Trinity Killer character in the American television show ‘Dexter’
• Arthur “Artie” Nielsen fictional character in the American television series ‘Warehouse 13’
• Arthur Poe character in ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’
• Arthur Saltweather character in the Jenny Nimmo’s ‘The Children of the Red King’ series
• Arthur Spiderwick character in ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’
• Arthur Eugene Spooner character on TV's ‘The King of Queens’
• Arthur Curry aka Orin and Aquaman character in DC Universe
• Arthur Reeves character in DC Comics
• Arthur Hastings character in "We Happy Few"
• Arthur Morgan fictional character in ‘Red Dead Redemption II’
• Arthur character from the video game "Fire Emblem Fates"
• Arthur Hoggett character in book/film 'Babe'
• Arthur the bartender character in the Comic strip "The Lockhorns"
• Arthur Jeffries character on "Young Sheldon" a scientist who plays the title character of Professor Proton, Sheldon's favorite educational television series. Newhart reprises his portrayal of the character from The Big Bang Theory.
• Arthur Fleck aka The Joker main character in the 2019 film "Joker" '
• Arthur Huntingdon character in "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë

International Variations of the name Arthur

• Artur Irish
• Artek Finnish
• Artus French
• Artis Czech
• Artair Scottish Gaelic
• Arturek Polish
• Thanos Greek
• Anthanasios Greek
• Arturo Italian
• Arto Finnish