Artur is a cognate to the common male given name

Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

, meaning " bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess

Artio Artio (''Dea Artio'' in the Gallo-Roman religion) is a Celts, Celtic bear worship, bear goddess. Evidence of her worship has notably been found at Bern in Switzerland. Her name is derived from the Gaulish language, Gaulish word for 'bear', ''artos' ...

or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as

Old Irish Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writt ...

''Art, Artúur'', Welsh language, Welsh ''Arth'' - which may also be the source for the modern name. ''Art'' is also a diminutive form of the common name Arthur. In Estonian language, Estonian, and many Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the name is spelled as Artur. The Finnish versions are Arttu and Artturi. Avestan '/arta and its Vedic Sanskrit, Vedic equivalent ''rta, '' both derive from Proto-Indo-Iranian ''*ṛtá-'' "truth", which in turn continues PIE, Proto-Indo-European ''*'' "properly joined, right, true", from the root ''*''. The word is attested in Old Persian as '.

People

*Artur Adson (1889–1977), Estonian author *Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966), Estonian poet *Artur Axmann (1913–1996), German Nazi leader *Artur Beterbiev (born 1985), Chechen boxer *Artur Sérgio Batista de Souza (born 1994), Brazilian footballer *Artur Boruc (born 1980), Polish footballer *Artur Chilingarov (born 1939), Russian explorer and politician *Artur Davis (born 1967), American attorney and politician *Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor *Artur Fonte (born 1959), Portuguese footballer known as Artur *Artur Jorge (disambiguation), Artur Jorge, various people *Artur Kapp (1878–1952), Estonian composer *Artur Kasterpalu (189–1942), Estonian politician *Artur Khachaturyan (born 1992), Armenian basketball player *Artur Konontšuk (born 2000), Estonian basketball player *Artur Kotenko (born 1981), Estonian footballer *Artur Lemba (1885–1963), Estonian composer *Artur Lind (1927–1989), Estonian biologist *Artur Lohai (born 1993), Ukrainian actor and singer, participant of Ukrainian X-Factor (Ukrainian TV series), X-Factor version in 2014 *Artur London (1915–1986), Czechoslovak politician *Artur Mägi (1904-1981), Estonian legal scientist *Artur Mas (born 1956), Catalan politician *Artur Meliashkevich (born 1975), Belarusian race walker *Artur Moraes (born 1981), Brazilian footballer *Artur Phleps (1881–1944) Romanian-German military commander *Artur Pikk (born 1993), Estonian footballer *Artur Pinga (1909–1963), Portuguese footballer and coach *Artur Quaresma (1917–2011), Portuguese footballer *Artur Rasizade (born 1935), former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan *Artur Rinne (1910–1984), Estonian singer and director *Artur Sanhá (born 1965), Guinea-Bissauan politician *Artur Schnabel (1882–1951), Austrian pianist *Artur da Costa e Silva (1902–1969), Brazilian politician *Artur Sirk (1900–1937), Estonian politician and military commander *Artur (footballer, born 1955) (born 1955), Portuguese footballer *Artur Soares Dias (born 1979), Portuguese football referee *Artur Talvik (born 1964), Estonian filmmaker and politician *Artur Terras (1901–1963), Estonian politician, former mayor of Tallinn (1941–1944) *Artur Toom (1884–1942), Estonian ornithologist and conservationist *Artur Uritamm (1901–1982), Estonian classical composer, organist and pedagogue *Artur Văitoianu (1864–1956), Romanian politician and military commander *Artur (footballer, born 1990) (born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Artur (footballer, born 1996) (born 1996), Brazilian footballer *Artur (footballer, born 1998) (born 1998), Brazilian footballer

Legendary people

*King Arthur, medieval British legendary king

References

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