Authur
Authur is a name with a single cultural origin: Icelandic.
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Authur
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Authur is a name with a single cultural origin: Icelandic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Icelandic
The Story of Authur
The earliest SSA record of Authur as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 10 babies received it. 1951 was its biggest year on record, with 56 newborns named Authur — #934 in the national rankings. Authur last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Authur
Authur is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Authur's peak popularity came in 1951 when it ranked #934. Use the chart and map above to compare Authur's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.