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Arthur

in Virginia

There are 1,459 people with the last name "Arthur" in Virginia.

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Arthur 495
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  1. is 491st most common Brady
  2. is 492nd most common Love
  3. is 493rd most common Mccarthy
  4. is 494th most common Hudgins
  5. is 495th most common Arthur
  6. is 496th most common Greer
  7. is 497th most common Garrison
  8. is 498th most common Crews
  9. is 499th most common Roach

Similar Names and Nicknames

Arthurs, Arth, Arther, Arthaud, Arthurton, Artherton, Arthun, Arthofer, Artho, Artherholt

Most Common First Names for Arthur

James, Robert, Michael, William, John, David, Mark, Linda, Mary, Betty

Meaning & History

Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English, and French: from the ancient Celtic personal name Arthur. In many cases it is a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McArthur, the patronymic Mac- often being dropped in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries under English influence. The personal name is most probably from an old Celtic word meaning ‘bear’. Compare Gaelic art, Welsh arth, both of which mean ‘bear’. It has been in regular use as a personal name in Britain since the early Middle Ages, owing its popularity in large part to the legendary exploits of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which gave rise to a prolific literature in Welsh, French, English, German, and other European languages.

FOREBEARS President Chester Alan Arthur (1830–86) was the son of a VT Baptist preacher, William Arthur (1797–1875), who emigrated from Ballymena in northern Ireland in about 1815.

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