Macarthur

Where Macarthur comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Macarthur.

Macarthur through the years
  1. 1941
    First appearance
    #3,505 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Around this time: General MacArthur in the Philippines
    Event, 1942 · Source
  3. 1942
    Peak, #512
    142 babies named Macarthur, the most in any year.
  4. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #856.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Macarthur in Wikidata.

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.