Artur

Where Artur comes from

The dictionaries list Artur as a given name — a male given name from Russian, Belurusian, or Ukrainian, equivalent to English Arthur — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Russian
Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #4,039 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Peak, #2,685
    27 babies named Artur — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,009.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Russian, Belurusian, or Ukrainian, equivalent to English Arthur.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Artur hasn't yet.

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.