Arto
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arto by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arto.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 1935, making it a 1930s name.
What we can tell you about Arto
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arto. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artnoble, noble bear; diminutive of Arthur12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arnoeagle river; from Old High German arn8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artheagle; a diminutive of Arthur9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artarighteous; related to Asha5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arteogift of artemis; a form of Artemio5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Arto
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