Artis

Where Artis comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Artis.

Artis through the years
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #902 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1908
    Peak, #553
    21 babies named Artis, its best rank.
  3. 1949
    Artis Gilmore born
    American basketball player
  4. 1966
    Artis Pabriks born
    Latvian politician
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,535.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Artis Pabriks · Latvian politician, born 1966
  • Artis Gilmore · American basketball player, born 1949
  • Artis Lazdiņš · Latvian footballer, born 1986
  • Artis Kampars · Latvian politician, born 1967
  • Artis Ābols · Latvian ice hockey player, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.