Names like Arthur
Arthur is a two-syllable Celtic name that ends in -ur. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Arthur.
Baldur Scandinavian · bold, brave (Norse mythology; son of Odin, god of light)
Seymour French · surname-style, 'from Saint-Maur'; a distinctly early-20th-century Jewish American classic
Wilbur Germanic · surname meaning 'wall fortification'; also linked to 'resolute, brilliant'
Taimur Urdu · iron (Turkic temur); the name of the conqueror Timur, ancestor of the Mughal emperors, so it carries dynastic weight in South Asia that it lacks elsewhere
The same feel
Also mythological and vintage revival names.
Homer Greek · pledge, security
Mabon Welsh · great son (from the Celtic youth god Maponos); an old myth name enjoying a quiet Welsh revival
Vaino Finnish · from Väinämöinen, the wise old singer-hero of the Kalevala; the epic name likely derives from väinä, "a wide, slowly-flowing river or strait" (ASCII form of Väinö)
Dennie Greek · a diminutive of Dennis, the English form of Dionysius, the Greek god of wine
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Arthur, on a similar curve.
Major Latin · military rank title, "greater"
Ferris Celtic · man of vigor (Anglicized form of Fergus); immortalized by Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Foster English · occupational surname, traditionally 'forester' or 'keeper of the forest'
Ambrose Greek · from Greek 'ambrosios' meaning 'immortal'
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