Fun Facts About the Name Arther
- More than 5 thousand babies named Arther: U.S. records list 5,040 babies given the name Arther from 1880 through 2025. Even 47 girls received the name Arther - about 1 girl for every 106 boys.
What Does the Name Arther Mean?
Arther is a spelling variant of the name Arthur, and its meaning depends on the still-disputed origin of that name. The most familiar explanation connects it to the Celtic word for bear: Welsh arth, from an earlier Brittonic form such as *arto-, joined to a second element that may mean "man" or "king." Read that way, the literal sense would be something like "bear-man" or "bear-king." A competing explanation links the name to the Latin family name Artorius, borne by a Roman clan; that name is generally described as Etruscan in origin and of unknown meaning. Neither explanation is proven, so "bear man" is best understood as a customary interpretation rather than a securely documented translation.
Arther Name History & Origins
The name Arthur is tied above all to the legendary British leader. Early Welsh tradition, including the poem Y Gododdin and the ninth-century Historia Brittonum, mentions Arthur as a warrior, and the Annales Cambriae record battles associated with him. Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written in the 1130s, portrayed him as a king and helped spread the name through medieval Europe. Arthur was in use as a personal name in medieval England and Wales, and it was taken up again in the nineteenth century.
Arther belongs to that same tradition as an alternative English spelling. The endings -er and -ur were often interchangeable in English names before spellings became fixed, so Arther is best treated as a variant form of Arthur rather than a separate name with an independent origin or meaning of its own.
How Popular is the Name Arther?
Arther recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1922. Its best rank was #375 in 1884.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | #4,454 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #3,527 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #3,875 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #4,293 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #3,770 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1926 | #4,341 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #5,133 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #5,023 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,191 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,396 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #12,508 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #12,305 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #10,813 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,200 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #7,017 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #8,523 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #5,194 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #5,228 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #5,495 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #4,880 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #6,385 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #3,639 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #5,049 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #3,877 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #4,162 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #2,784 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #5,851 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #3,051 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #3,739 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #3,972 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #3,864 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #2,727 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #2,831 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #2,825 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #2,218 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #3,329 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #1,841 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1967 | #2,359 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #2,051 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1965 | #1,808 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1964 | #1,656 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1963 | #2,118 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1962 | #2,197 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1961 | #1,604 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1960 | #1,730 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1959 | #1,247 | 39 | 0.0018% |
| 1958 | #1,397 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 1957 | #1,392 | 32 | 0.0015% |
| 1956 | #1,511 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1955 | #1,169 | 41 | 0.0020% |
| 1954 | #1,068 | 49 | 0.0024% |
| 1953 | #1,189 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1951 | #949 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1949 | #1,048 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1948 | #924 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1947 | #879 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 1946 | #945 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 1945 | #783 | 62 | 0.0046% |
| 1944 | #720 | 74 | 0.0054% |
| 1943 | #768 | 72 | 0.0050% |
| 1942 | #712 | 81 | 0.0059% |
| 1941 | #724 | 73 | 0.0059% |
| 1940 | #607 | 95 | 0.0082% |
| 1939 | #595 | 95 | 0.0086% |
| 1938 | #586 | 100 | 0.0090% |
| 1937 | #637 | 85 | 0.0080% |
| 1936 | #699 | 72 | 0.0069% |
| 1935 | #539 | 115 | 0.0110% |
| 1934 | #601 | 96 | 0.0093% |
| 1933 | #582 | 99 | 0.0100% |
| 1932 | #542 | 117 | 0.0112% |
| 1931 | #507 | 128 | 0.0123% |
| 1930 | #558 | 116 | 0.0106% |
| 1929 | #517 | 128 | 0.0119% |
| 1928 | #584 | 112 | 0.0101% |
| 1927 | #564 | 119 | 0.0106% |
| 1926 | #597 | 111 | 0.0100% |
| 1925 | #569 | 119 | 0.0107% |
| 1924 | #627 | 104 | 0.0092% |
| 1923 | #565 | 122 | 0.0111% |
| 1922 | #546 | 132 | 0.0121% |
| 1921 | #604 | 110 | 0.0100% |
| 1920 | #587 | 113 | 0.0106% |
| 1919 | #546 | 120 | 0.0122% |
| 1918 | #632 | 94 | 0.0093% |
| 1917 | #522 | 122 | 0.0132% |
| 1916 | #617 | 89 | 0.0100% |
| 1915 | #622 | 86 | 0.0101% |
| 1914 | #577 | 76 | 0.0116% |
| 1913 | #604 | 53 | 0.0103% |
| 1912 | #557 | 52 | 0.0121% |
| 1911 | #497 | 35 | 0.0155% |
| 1910 | #463 | 35 | 0.0180% |
| 1909 | #419 | 35 | 0.0213% |
| 1908 | #465 | 28 | 0.0181% |
| 1907 | #542 | 20 | 0.0136% |
| 1906 | #549 | 18 | 0.0135% |
| 1905 | #431 | 25 | 0.0189% |
| 1904 | #432 | 24 | 0.0187% |
| 1903 | #701 | 11 | 0.0092% |
| 1902 | #390 | 26 | 0.0212% |
| 1901 | #469 | 17 | 0.0160% |
| 1900 | #413 | 30 | 0.0199% |
| 1899 | #482 | 16 | 0.0151% |
| 1898 | #486 | 18 | 0.0147% |
| 1897 | #475 | 17 | 0.0151% |
| 1896 | #464 | 19 | 0.0159% |
| 1895 | #390 | 24 | 0.0204% |
| 1894 | #377 | 24 | 0.0207% |
| 1893 | #573 | 12 | 0.0107% |
| 1892 | #424 | 20 | 0.0164% |
| 1891 | #428 | 17 | 0.0168% |
| 1890 | #460 | 16 | 0.0144% |
| 1889 | #727 | 8 | 0.0072% |
| 1888 | #706 | 9 | 0.0074% |
| 1887 | #634 | 9 | 0.0089% |
| 1886 | #455 | 16 | 0.0144% |
| 1885 | #380 | 22 | 0.0204% |
| 1884 | #375 | 22 | 0.0192% |
| 1883 | #434 | 17 | 0.0162% |
| 1882 | #455 | 16 | 0.0141% |
| 1881 | #396 | 18 | 0.0179% |
| 1880 | #427 | 17 | 0.0154% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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