Meaning of the nameArtur
- Male
- Ar-tur
Artur is a male name, the Portuguese form of Arthur, the name of the legendary King Arthur, of unknown meaning.
Meaning
The meaning of Artur 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)
- 195,021
- Rank in Brazil
- #165
- Median age
- 8 years
- 2010 Census
- 132,947
- people
Artur in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Artur, 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 (88,988 people).
1,805 women 193,216 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 Artur is most common
States with the highest share of people named Artur in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.124%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.121%
- Distrito Federal 0.120%
- Santa Catarina 0.116%
- Pernambuco 0.116%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 35,375 | 0.080% |
| Minas Gerais | 21,002 | 0.102% |
| Bahia | 15,839 | 0.112% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 13,200 | 0.121% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 12,888 | 0.080% |
| Pernambuco | 10,474 | 0.116% |
| Paraná | 9,041 | 0.079% |
| Santa Catarina | 8,852 | 0.116% |
| Goiás | 8,763 | 0.124% |
| Pará | 8,594 | 0.106% |
| Ceará | 7,711 | 0.088% |
| Maranhão | 6,845 | 0.101% |
| Mato Grosso | 3,890 | 0.106% |
| Paraíba | 3,642 | 0.092% |
| Distrito Federal | 3,370 | 0.120% |
| Espírito Santo | 3,169 | 0.083% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 3,147 | 0.095% |
| Amazonas | 3,121 | 0.079% |
| Piauí | 3,017 | 0.092% |
| Alagoas | 3,015 | 0.096% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,219 | 0.081% |
| Sergipe | 2,132 | 0.097% |
| Tocantins | 1,699 | 0.112% |
| Rondônia | 1,655 | 0.105% |
| Acre | 858 | 0.103% |
| Amapá | 776 | 0.106% |
| Roraima | 727 | 0.114% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
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.
Writes the name without the H, as in the Portuguese form listed by Behind the Name.
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 Artur
What does the name Artur mean?
The meaning of Artur 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 Artur in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 195,021 people with the first name Artur, which ranks it number 165 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Artur a boy's or a girl's name?
Artur is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,805 women and 193,216 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Artur most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.124% of the state's population is named Artur (8,763 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Artur?
Arthur and Hartur. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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