Boy's name
Art
“ART”
'bear' — and by extension 'champion, hero'
The story behind the name
A genuinely ancient name, unrelated to English 'art'. Art mac Cuinn was a legendary high king; Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach humbled two royal expeditions of Richard II in the 1390s; and Art Ó Laoghaire's murder in 1773 produced the greatest lament in the Irish language.
Famous people with this name
- Art O'Connor (1888–1950) — Irish politician
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Art on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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