Arturo
Just 143 Poles carry it, so most people here have never met an Arturo. It's the Italian and Spanish take on Artur, from a Latin root meaning "bear".
Arturo Pronunciation
Arturo is pronounced ahr-TOO-ro (/arˈturɔ/).
What Arturo means
Where Arturo comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Arturo comes to Poland by way of Italy and Spain, where it settled as the local form of Arthur. Behind it stands the Latin family name Artorius, worn by Romans long before it belonged to any king. The short meaning people repeat is "bear," in Polish niedźwiedź, a sense that reached the name through old Celtic roots rather than through Latin itself. So the bear was attached later, and it stuck.
In Italian and Spanish mouths the name kept good company. Arturo Toscanini conducted orchestras with it for half a century. Arturo Pérez-Reverte writes novels under it today.
In Poland the name arrives already familiar, because Artur has been at home here for generations, and Artek is what a boy answers to on the playground. Arturo keeps the fuller, southern sound. On a class register it stands one letter apart from the Polish Artur. The variant Artur, the diminutive Artek, the bear behind them all.
How many people are named Arturo
1 in 149274 men in Poland is named Arturo. 143 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2731 among male names.
Arturo's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where parents choose Arturo
Arturo is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland
+904%1 in 107,622 babies
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Greater Poland+904% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies+904%
Arturo as a middle name
Arturo is a first name for 143 men in Poland and a middle name for another 149, a 49/51 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 573rd, between Iwan (150) and Douglas (149).
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#571 Haim150
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#572 Iwan150
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#573 Arturo149
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#574 Douglas149
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#575 Minh149