Given name & surname
Artus
“strong as a bear”
Artus 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
Artus 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.
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Where it comes from
Artus 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.
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How it developed
Artus 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.
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The story
Artus 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.
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Artus’s family of names
Artus has a related form in Arthur. Artus has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 亞瑟.
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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Artus
- Artus Quellinus the ElderFlemish sculptor (1609–1668)
- Artus WolffortFlemish painter (1581-1641)
- Artus de PenguernFrench actor, screenwriter and director (1957-2013)
- Artus de CosséFrench politician (1512-1582)
- Artus Aux-CousteauxFrench composer1590–1656
- Artus Quellinus IIIFlemish sculptor (1653–1686)
- Artus Gouffier, Lord of BoissyFrench nobleman and politician1475–1519
- Artus de LionneFrench missionary1655–1713
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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