Given name
McArther
“the son of Arthur”
McArther is a variant of Macarthur. One interpretation is “the son of Arthur.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McArther is a variant of Macarthur. One interpretation is “the son of Arthur.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
McArther through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 47 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 11 in 1945. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1942.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
McArther’s family of names
McArther has a related form in Macarthur.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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