Arturo
Meaning
Italian and Spanish form of Arthur, of unknown meaning, possibly Celtic artos "bear"
The story
Arturo is the Italian and Spanish form of Arthur, and Arthur is a mystery the sources refuse to solve: possibly the Celtic artos, "bear", joined with wiros, "man", or rixs, "king", possibly the Roman family name Artorius. What is certain is the king, the sixth-century Briton of legend, first glimpsed in early Welsh poems. Arturo has carried that legend through American records every decade since the 1890s, climbing to about 10,300 boys in the 1990s and about 9,900 in the 2000s, with about 2,800 so far this decade. Brazil's census keeps a steady small line of its own. A possible bear, a possible king, a certain Round Table: Arturo is the version with the vowels open and the armor lighter, and it has never once left the American books.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Arturo peaked in the 2000s.
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Popularity in Brazil
735 people · the #10,256 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 37
Among people named Arturo living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 45 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Arturo
Most people given the name Arturo in the United States were born between 1970 and 2009. The Arturo you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Arturo deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Arturo truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Arturo fits with your family’s names and surname.
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