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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ARTHUR,
ARTHURS, ARTER.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by
William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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ARTHUR, ARTHURS, ARTER.
Bardsley has: A baptismal
name meaning "the son of Arthur." A rare font-name in the
Hundred Rolls. Very common since the battle of Waterloo and the
publication of Tennyson's poems. W.
Arthur has: ARTHUR (British) A strong man; from Ar
(Lat. vir), a man, and thor, strong. In the Gaelic, Air
is the same as Fear, a man; and the ancient Scythians called a man Aior.
Thor was the Jupiter of the Teutonic races, their god of thunder.
In Welsh, Arth is a bear, an emblem of strength and courage, and ur
a noun of termination, a man. Arthur, a bear-man, a hero, a man of
strength; the name of a British prince.
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