Given name
Artie
“strong as a bear”
Artie is a variant of Arthur. Arthur is sometimes interpreted as “strong as a bear,” but a secure literal meaning is not established. Arthur’s heroic associations arise clearly from Arthurian legend and should be distinguished from a proven word-for-word etymology.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Artie is a variant of Arthur. Arthur is sometimes interpreted as “strong as a bear,” but a secure literal meaning is not established. Arthur’s heroic associations arise clearly from Arthurian legend and should be distinguished from a proven word-for-word etymology.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Artie is a variant of Arthur. Arthur belongs to a Celtic and British naming tradition, though its precise derivation is obscure. Early material includes the Latinized form Artorius; that form alone does not settle the name’s ultimate roots.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Artie is a diminutive of Arthur. Artie is a variant of Arthur. The shared background comes through Arthur: Arthur’s historical forms include the Latinized Artorius. Arthur’s deeper derivation is obscure, so the modern spelling provides no secure word-for-word explanation.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Artie is a variant of Arthur. The history of Arthur gives this family its wider story. Medieval literature built an extensive body of legend around King Arthur, whose historical identity is uncertain. In nineteenth-century Britain, the fame of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and Tennyson’s Idylls of the King helped renew interest in the name. The wider Victorian enthusiasm for medieval stories formed part of that revival.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Artie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,816
- 4,417 boys · 6,399 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 214 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,721 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +37%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,721 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 97 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,901 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Artie’s family of names
In English usage, Artie is a diminutive of Arthur. Artie has a related form in Arthur.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Artie
- Artie LangeAmerican comedianborn 1967
- Artie ShawAmerican clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)
- Benny BorgSwedish singerborn 1945
- Artie OrtegoAmerican actor (1890-1960)
- Artie P. HatzesAmerican astronomerborn 1957
- Artie BellIrish motorcycle road racer (1914–1972)
- Artie MatthewsAmerican songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer (1888-1958)
- Artie CobbAmerican poker playerborn 1942
- Artie KaplanAmerican musician, singer-songwriter and saxophonist1935–2025
Characters named Artie: Artie Abrams (the television series Glee).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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