Arthur
Artur , also spelled Arthur , is a male given name and a family name. The name is in the English language and in its short form type in use.
Origin and meaning
The name Arthur is of Celtic origin and stands for Artaios , the " bear ". Alternatively, the name is derived from the Roman family name Artorius . The derivation from Nordic Arnthor ("Adler" and " Thor ") also occurs occasionally. The h did not find its way into the name until the 16th century.
name day
- November 1 according to Arthur O'Neilly (Catholic saint; † 1282)
- November 15 after the martyr of the Reformation in England, religious name of the Benedictine Richard Whiting, who became abbot of Gladstonebury in 1525 (Catholic saint; † November 15, 1539)
- December 11 after Arthur Bell (Catholic saint, 1590–1642)
variants
- German : Artur, Arthur
- English : Arthur
- Finnish : Arttu, Artturi
- French : Arthur
- Italian : Arturo
- Lithuanian : Artūras
- Dutch : Arthur
- Portuguese : Artur
- Spanish : Arturo
- Polish : Artur
- Russian : Артур
- Hungarian : Artur
Well-known namesake
Ruler
- Arthur I (Brittany) (1187–1203), Duke of Brittany
- Arthur II (Brittany) (1262–1312), Duke of Brittany
- Arthur III (Brittany) (1393-1458), Duke of Brittany
First name
Arthur
- Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), British Field Marshal, member of the British Royal Family, Governor General of Canada (1911–1916)
- Arthur ( Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo; * 1996), Brazilian soccer player
- Arthur Alexander (1940–1993), American soul pioneer
- Arthur Bloomfeld (18 ?? - 19 ??), German regatta sailor
- Arthur Blythe (1940–2017), American jazz musician, composer and arranger
- Arthur Bohnhardt (1896–1980), German violinist and conductor
- Arthur Brauss (* 1936), German actor and voice actor
- Arthur Brown (politician) (1843-1906), American politician (Utah)
- Arthur Brown (football player, 1858) (1858-1909), English football player
- Arthur Brown (architect) (1874–1957), American architect
- Arthur Brown (football player, 1885) (1885-1944), English football player
- Arthur Brown (soccer player, 1896) (1896–1974), English soccer player
- Arthur Brown (soccer player, 1903) (1903-1971), Welsh soccer player
- Arthur Brown (musician) (born 1942), British rock 'n' roll singer
- Arthur Durrant Brown († 2011), Canadian bishop
- Arthur E. Brown (* 1929), American general in the US Army
- Arthur Erwin Brown (1850–1910), American zoo director and zoologist
- Arthur Roy Brown (1893–1944), Canadian fighter pilot
- Arthur Whitten Brown (1886–1948), American navigator
- Arthur Dom , Dutch-German motorcycle racer
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), British doctor and writer
- Arthur Duray (1882–1954), French-American racing driver
- Arthur Farh (* 1972), Liberian football player
- Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness beer brand
- Arthur Hannemann (* 1935), German athlete
- Arthur Hiller (1923-2016), Canadian film director
- Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), French-Swiss composer
- Arthur Kohlenberg (1924–1970), physicist and information theorist
- Arthur Krupp (1856–1938), Austrian industrialist
- Arthur Lohse ( bl. 1920s), German motorcycle racing driver
- Arthur Martens (1897–1937), German glider pioneer and engineer
- Arthur Müller (1871–1935), German entrepreneur
- Arthur Müller (1904–1983), German motorcycle racer
- Arthur Penn (1922-2010), American film director
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), Austrian storyteller and playwright
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), German philosopher
- Arthur Vollstedt (1892–1969), German speed skater
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), British military leader and Prime Minister
- Arthur Whistler (1944-2020), American ethnobotanist
Arthur
- Artur Axmann (1913–1996), National Socialist functionary and Reich youth leader
- Artur Becker (1905–1938), functionary of the KJVD, member of the Reichstag and fighter in the Spanish Civil War
- Artur Brauner (1918–2019), German film producer
- Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor and entrepreneur
- Artur Grenz (1909–1988), German composer
- Artur Phleps (1881–1944), Romanian-German officer in World War II and general of the Waffen SS
- Artur Rubinstein (1887–1982), Polish-American pianist
- Artur Schnabel (1882–1951), Austrian pianist and composer
- Artur Shushchenachev (* 1998), Kazakh football player
fiction
- King Arthur or Arthur , legendary British king
- Arthur Dent, main character in the science fiction novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Arthur " The Fonz " Fonzarelli, character in the American comedy series Happy Days
- Arthur the Angel , Hungarian cartoon series, shown in the GDR
- Arthur Spooner from the TV series King of Queens
- Arthur, 1981 film directed by Steve Gordon
- Arthur Weasley, head of the Weasley family from the Harry Potter novels
- Arthur , a 2011 comedy film with Russell Brand and Jennifer Garner
- Arthur Kirkland, the human name of the personification of England in the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers .
- Arthur Morgan, protagonist from the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 .
family name
- Alex Arthur (* 1978), British boxer
- Alfred Arthur (* 1986), Ghanaian soccer player
- Anthony Arthur (born 1972), British weightlifter
- Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur , Austrian human rights activist, sociologist, curator and film actress
- Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009), American actress
- Benny Opoku-Arthur (* 1997), German actor and model
- Brian Arthur (* 1945), British game theorist
- Bruce Arthur (1921-1998), Australian wrestler
- Charline Arthur (1929–1987), American musician
- Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States
- Chloe Arthur (* 1995), Scottish national football player
- Christine Arthur (* 1963), New Zealand hockey player
- Christopher J. Arthur (* 1940), British philosopher and Marxist value theorist
- Cindy Arthur (* 1977), Canadian badminton player
- Darrell Arthur (* 1988), American basketball player
- Davey Arthur (born 1954), Irish folk musician, singer and songwriter
- Donald Arthur (1937-2016), American voice actor and opera singer
- Donald C. Arthur , American naval officer
- Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), American Commander in Chief
- Elizabeth Arthur (* 1953), American writer
- Emry Arthur (~ 1900–1966), American old-time musician
- Eric Ross Arthur (1898–1982), Canadian architect
- George Arthur (1784–1854), Governor of British Honduras, Tasmania, Upper Canada and Bombay
- George Arthur (soccer player, 1968) (1968-2015), Ghanaian national soccer player
- George Arthur (soccer player, 1925) (born 1925), Australian soccer player
- George K. Arthur (1899–1985), British-American actor and film producer
- Harold J. Arthur (1904–1971), American politician (Vermont)
- James Arthur (mathematician) (born 1944), Canadian mathematician
- James Arthur (singer) (born 1988), British pop singer
- Jean Arthur (1900–1991), American actress
- John Arthur (politician) (1875-1914), Australian politician
- John Arthur (boxer) (1929-2005), South African boxer
- John R. Arthur (* 1931), American chemist
- Joseph Arthur (* 1971), American singer and guitarist
- Joseph Charles Arthur (1850–1942), American botanist
- Matthew Arthur, 1st Baron Glenarthur (1852–1928), Scottish businessman
- Michael Anthony Arthur (born 1950), British diplomat
- Nana Ato Arthur (* 20th century), Ghanaian politician
- Neil Arthur (born 1958), British singer-songwriter
- Norman Arthur (* 1931), British equestrian
- Olivia Arthur (* 1980), British photojournalist
- Owen Arthur (1949-2020), Prime Minister of Barbados
- Peter Arthur (born 1939), British weightlifter
- Reuben Arthur (* 1996), British athlete
- Robert Arthur (producer) (1909–1986), American film producer
- Robert Arthur (Author) (1909–1969), American author and journalist
- Robert Arthur (presenter) (1921–1997), American radio presenter and actor
- Robert Arthur (actor) (1925–2008), American actor
- Rod Arthur (* 20th century), British actor
- Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur (born 1944), British peer, pilot and businessman
- Stanley R. Arthur (* 1935), American admiral in the US Navy
- Stuart Arthur (* 1978), Canadian badminton player
- Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885), American writer
- Wallace Arthur (* 1952), British evolutionary biologist
- William Evans Arthur (1825-1897), American politician
Web links
Wiktionary: Arthur - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations
