Artur
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Artur (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Artur has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2014 | 30 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 30 |
| 2020 | 20 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 24 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,961 |
| 2000 | 1,838 |
| 2001 | 1,748 |
| 2002 | 1,669 |
| 2003 | 1,597 |
| 2004 | 1,515 |
| 2005 | 1,459 |
| 2006 | 1,447 |
| 2007 | 1,430 |
| 2008 | 1,457 |
| 2009 | 1,436 |
| 2010 | 1,421 |
| 2011 | 1,418 |
| 2012 | 1,399 |
| 2013 | 1,419 |
| 2014 | 1,444 |
| 2015 | 1,459 |
| 2016 | 1,477 |
| 2017 | 1,500 |
| 2018 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 1,570 |
| 2020 | 1,574 |
Artur in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Artur.Hi! My name is Artur.
- Artur bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Artur lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Artur har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Artur has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Arturs mamma är lärare.Artur's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Arturs mamma is Artur's mum.
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Questions about Artur
How do you pronounce Artur in Swedish?
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What does the name Artur mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur.
How popular is Artur in Sweden?
24 babies were named Artur in 2022. In 2020, 1,574 people in Sweden had Artur as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.