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Definition: 1) "Strong man," from Ar, meaning "man" and thor meaning "strong." 2) "Bear man, hero, or man of strength," from the Welsh arth, meaning "bear" and ur an ending meaning "man."
Surname Origin:
English, Welsh
Alternate Surname Spellings:
ARTUR, ARTURS, ARTHOR
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English Genealogy ARTHUR Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - ARTHUR Genealogy ARTHUR Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - ARTHUR Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - ARTHUR Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - ARTHUR Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - ARTHUR Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
