Arturo

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Arturo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name427K records spelled Arturo13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Philippines

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Arturoe, Ärtürö, Árturo, Årtürô, Årturo

• Arabic given name13K records spelled Arturo7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Egypt, Peru

  Languages: Arabic, Amharic, Maltese

  Also written Årtüro, Artûrõ, Ặřțuřŏ

• Polish given name3.7K records spelled Arturo10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Croatia, Spain

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Артуро

• Russian given name2.7K records spelled Arturo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Russia, Spain

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Артуро

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Arturo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Celtarrromano; nombre del rey Arturo, héroe de los romances medievales.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Variante di Adolfo; dal germanico Adalwolf, ‘nobile lupo’

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, do nome Arturo; sobrenome patronímico

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Celtic. See }Arthur in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Guardiano del Nord

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arturo Toscaninib. 1867ITItalian conductor (1867–1957)
• Arturo Alessandrib. 1868CLChilean politician and President (1868–1950)
• Arturo Umberto Illiab. 1900ARPresident of Argentina (1900-1983)
• Arturo Frondizib. 1908ARPresident of Argentina (1908–1995)
• Arturo de Córdovab. 1908MXMexican actor (1907–1973)
• Arturo Benedetti Michelangelib. 1920ITItalian pianist
• Arturo Sandovalb. 1949CUCuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
• Arturo Pérez-Reverteb. 1951ESSpanish writer and journalist
• Carlos Baccab. 1986COnot in their usual nameColombian association football player
• Arturo Vidalb. 1987CLChilean association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 990 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arturo?

We estimate roughly 128 thousand people bear Arturo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Arturo have the most bearers?

Arturo is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled arturo.

How common is Arturo compared with other names?

In Mexico, Arturo is the 38th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Arturo a male or female name?

Arturo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Arturo mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur