Boy's name
Artúr
“AR-toor”
uncertain; Wiktionary suggests a Brittonic word for 'bear'
The story behind the name
Older in these islands than people expect: Woulfe found it in use in Ireland in the 9th century, and among the Gaels of Scotland in Columcille's time, when Adomnán wrote it Arturius. He calls its origin uncertain.
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