Meaning of the nameArthur
- Male
- Ar-thur
Arthur is a spelling of the name Artur.
Meaning
The meaning of Arthur is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 617,823
- Rank in Brazil
- #28
- Median age
- 7 years
- 2010 Census
- 126,774
- people
Arthur in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Arthur, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (309,816 people).
5,349 women 612,474 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Arthur is most common
States with the highest share of people named Arthur in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.475%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.371%
- Espírito Santo 0.368%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.356%
- Minas Gerais 0.344%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 131,112 | 0.295% |
| Minas Gerais | 70,745 | 0.344% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 59,540 | 0.371% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 38,717 | 0.356% |
| Bahia | 35,822 | 0.253% |
| Paraná | 35,388 | 0.309% |
| Pernambuco | 28,657 | 0.316% |
| Santa Catarina | 25,280 | 0.332% |
| Goiás | 23,594 | 0.334% |
| Pará | 20,673 | 0.255% |
| Ceará | 16,802 | 0.191% |
| Maranhão | 15,369 | 0.227% |
| Espírito Santo | 14,124 | 0.368% |
| Distrito Federal | 13,383 | 0.475% |
| Paraíba | 11,905 | 0.300% |
| Mato Grosso | 10,974 | 0.300% |
| Alagoas | 10,013 | 0.320% |
| Amazonas | 9,268 | 0.235% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 8,589 | 0.312% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 8,517 | 0.258% |
| Sergipe | 6,758 | 0.306% |
| Piauí | 6,580 | 0.201% |
| Tocantins | 4,889 | 0.324% |
| Rondônia | 4,594 | 0.291% |
| Amapá | 2,501 | 0.341% |
| Acre | 2,158 | 0.260% |
| Roraima | 1,871 | 0.294% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Arthur
This is the most common spelling in the group and keeps the TH of the English form, the name of the legendary king.
About the name Artur
Behind the Name lists Artur as the Portuguese form of Arthur. In English, Arthur comes from the Middle English Arthure and the Medieval Latin Arthurus; Wiktionary considers an origin in the Welsh arth, 'bear', probable and cites other hypotheses, such as the Roman name Artorius, while Behind the Name says the meaning is unknown. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 195,021 people named Artur, with a median age of 8. The name is almost always male, and most of those recorded were born from 2010 on. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Arthur and Hartur as spelling variants of Artur.
Other spellings of Artur
Sources
- Wiktionary: Arthur · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Artur · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Arthur · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Artur · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Arthur
What does the name Arthur mean?
The meaning of Arthur is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Arthur in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 617,823 people with the first name Arthur, which ranks it number 28 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Arthur a boy's or a girl's name?
Arthur is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 5,349 women and 612,474 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Arthur most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.475% of the state's population is named Arthur (13,383 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Arthur?
Artur and Hartur. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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