Art (given name)
Art is an Irish language masculine given name, originating in Irish mythology.[1] Though the English name Arthur is frequently shortened to Art, the Irish name Art is wrongly anglicised as Arthur.
Origins and history
The name originated in the Irish language and ancient Irish legends. The original meaning of the name is ‘bear’, but the word has been used only as a personal name and figuratively meant ‘a champion’. Many of the ancient legendary Irish kings had the name. Art Óenfer (Art the lonely), son of Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). Literature also has marvellous stories of Art Óenfer’s adventures seeking the beautiful Dealbhchaomh on the Island of Women, bringing her back to Ireland and expelling his evil stepmother Bé Chuma forever. Many of the ancient ruling families of Ireland honoured the name including the O’Neill Dynasty and the Ó Conchubhair Donn family.[2]
People with the name Art
- Art Acord
- Art Adams
- Art Agnos, an American politician and former Mayor of San Francisco, California
- Art Albrecht
- Art Alexakis
- Art Alexandre
- Art Allison
- Art Anderson
- Art Aoinfhear
- Art Aragon
- Art Arfons
- Art Asbury
- Art Atwood
- Art Babbitt
- Art Bader
- Art Baker (actor)
- Art Baker (coach)
- Art Baker (gridiron football)
- Art Balinger
- Art Ball
- Art Baltazar
- Art Barnes
- Art Baron
- Art Barr
- Art Bartlett
- Art Bassett
- Art Becker
- Art Behm
- Art Bell, an American radio broadcaster
- Art Benedict
- Art Berglund
- Art Bergmann
- Art Best
- Art Binkowski
- Art Bisch
- Art Blakey, an American jazz musician
- Art Boileau, Canadian long-distance runner
- Art Boyce
- Art Bragg
- Art Bramhall
- Art Brandau
- Art Brenner
- Art Briles
- Art Brion
- Art Brouthers
- Art Buchwald, an American humorist
- Art Bues
- Art Bulla
- Art Bultman
- Art Burns
- Art Burris
- Art Buss
- Art Butler
- Art Caomhánach Mac Murchadha
- Art Carmody
- Art Carney, an American actor
- Art Carney (American football)
- Art Ceccarelli
- Art Chantry
- Art Chapman
- Art Chapman (basketball)
- Art Chester
- Art Chin
- Art Chisholm
- Art Christ Agnos
- Art Christmas
- Art Clokey
- Art Cohn
- Art Collins (basketball)
- Arthur R. Collins
- Art Cook
- Art Corcoran
- Art Cosgrove
- Art Coulter
- Art Cowie
- Art Crews
- Art Croft
- Art Cross
- Art Curtis
- Art D'Lugoff
- Art Daney
- Art Davie
- Art Davis
- Art Davis (American football)
- Art DeCarlo
- Art Decatur
- Art Deibel
- Art Delaney
- Art Demling
- Art Demmas
- Art Devlin (baseball)
- Art Devlin (ski jumper)
- Art Ditmar
- Art Dixon
- Art Doering
- Art Doll
- Art Donahoe
- Art Donahue
- Art Donovan, a former American football defensive tackle
- Art Dorrington
- Art Drysdale
- Art Dufelmeier
- Art Dula
- Art Duncan
- Art Eason
- Art Eggleton, a Canadian politician
- Art Ehlers
- Art Ellefson
- Art Evans
- Art Evans (baseball)
- Art Eve
- Art Ewoldt
- Art Express
- Art Farmer (1928–1999), an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Art Farrell
- Art Fazil
- Art Feltman
- Art Fiala
- Art Finley
- Art Fleming
- Art Fletcher
- Art Foley
- Art Folz
- Art Fowler
- Art Fowler (actor)
- Art Frahm
- Art Frantz
- Art Fromme
- Art Fry
- Art Gardiner
- Art Gardner
- Art Garfunkel, an American singer-songwriter and actor
- Art Garibaldi
- Art Garvey
- Art Gauthier
- Art Gilkey
- Art Gillham
- Art Gilmore
- Art Ginsburg
- Art Giroux
- Art Gleeson
- Art Gob
- Art Good
- Art Goodwin
- Art Graham
- Art Green (artist)
- Art Green (Canadian football)
- Art Greenhaw
- Art Griggs
- Art Hagan
- Art Haggard
- Art Hampson
- Art Hanes
- Art Hanger
- Art Harnden
- Art Harris
- Art Hauger
- Art Hauser
- Art He
- Art Herchenratter
- Art Herman
- Art Herring
- Art Hershey
- Art Heyman
- Art Hickman
- Art Hillebrand
- Art Hillhouse
- Art Hindle
- Art Hinkel
- Art Hoag
- Art Hodes
- Art Hodgins
- Art Hoelskoetter
- Art Hoppe
- Art Houtteman
- Art Hovhannisyan
- Art Howe, a former Major League Baseball player and manager, and current bench coach of the Texas Rangers
- Art Howe (American football)
- Art Hsu
- Art Hughes
- Art Hunter
- Art Hupy
- Art Hurst
- Art Hussey
- Art Imlech, a legendary High King of Ireland
- Art Ingels
- Art Jackson, a former National Hockey League player
- Art Jackson (sport shooter)
- Art Jacobs
- Art Jahn
- Art James
- Art James (baseball)
- Art Janov
- Art Jarrett
- Art Jarrett Sr.
- Art Jarvinen
- Art Jimmerson
- Art Johnson (1920s pitcher)
- Art Johnson (1940s pitcher)
- Art Johnson (racing driver)
- Art Johnston
- Art Jones (American football)
- Art Jones (baseball)
- Art Jones (ice hockey)
- Art C. Jones
- Art Jorgens
- Art Kahler
- Art Kahn
- Art Kane
- Art Katz
- Art Kaufman
- Art Kenney
- Art Klein
- Art Knapp
- Art Koeninger
- Art Kores
- Art Kruger
- Art Kuehn
- Art Kunkin
- Art Kusnyer
- Art LaFleur
- Art LaVigne
- Art Laboe
- Art Laffer
- Art Lande
- Art Larsen
- Art Lasky
- Art Lee
- Art Lee (Taiko), a Japanese Taiko drummer
- Art Lentini
- Art Lesieur
- Art Lewis
- Art Life Images
- Art Link
- Art Linkletter, American television host
- Art Linson
- Art Lloyd
- Art Long
- Art Longsjo
- Art Lopatka
- Art López
- Art Loudell
- Art Lund
- Art Lundahl
- Art McCoy
- Art mac Cuinn, a legendary High King of Ireland
- Art Mac Cumhaigh
- Art McFarland
- Art mac Flaitnia
- Art McGovern
- Art Macioszczyk
- Art McKay
- Art McKinlay
- Art McLarney
- Art mac Lugdach, a legendary High King of Ireland
- Art McNally
- Art McRory
- Art Madison
- Art Madrid
- Art Mahaffey
- Art Mahan
- Art Malik, a Pakistani-born British actor
- Art Malone
- Art Malone (American football)
- Art Mann
- Art Mardigan
- Art Martinich
- Art Matsu
- Art Matthews
- Art Mazmanian
- Art Mengo
- Art Merewether
- Art Mergenthal
- Art Metrano
- Art Michalik
- Art Michaluk
- Art Miki
- Art Mills
- Art Modell
- Art Mollner
- Art Monk, an American football player
- Art Mooney
- Art Moore
- Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach
- Art Munson
- Art Murakowski
- Art Murphy
- Art Naftalin
- Art Napolitano
- Art Nehf
- Art Neville
- Art News
- Art Nichols
- Art Noonan
- Art O'Connor
- Art O'Donnell
- Art Ó Laoghaire
- Art O'Leary
- Art Óenfer
- Art Oliver
- Art Olivier
- Art Orloske
- Art Ortego
- Art Pallan
- Art Parakhouski
- Art Parks
- Art Passarella
- Art Paul
- Art Pennington
- Art Pepper, an American jazz alto saxophonist.
- Art Phelan
- Art Phillips
- Art Phillips (composer)
- Art Phipps
- Art Pinajian
- Art Poe
- Art Pollard
- Art Pope
- Art Porter, Jr.
- Art Porter, Sr.
- Art Powell (wide receiver)
- Art Powell (coach)
- Art Price
- Art Pulaski
- Art Quimby
- Art Quirk
- Art Raimo
- Art Ramasasa
- Art Ranney
- Art Rascon
- Art Rebel
- Art Regner
- Art Reinhart
- Art Reinholz
- Art Renner
- Art Rice-Jones
- Art Rico
- Art Robinson
- Art Rochester
- Art Rooney, former National Football League executive and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Art Rooney II
- Art Rosenfeld
- Art Ross, former National Hockey League defenseman and Canadian ice hockey executive
- Art Ruble
- Art Rupe
- Art Rust, Jr.
- Art Ryerson
- Art Rafael
- Art Saaf
- Art Saha
- Art Sanders
- Art Sansom
- Art Satherley
- Art Savage
- Art Scammell
- Art Schallock
- Art Scharein
- Art Schlichter
- Art Paul Schlosser
- Art Schmaehl
- Art Scholl
- Art Schult
- Art Schwind
- Art Seaberg
- Art Shamsky
- Art Shapiro
- Art Shay
- Art Shead
- Art Shefte
- Art Shell
- Art Shires
- Art Simek
- Art Simmons
- Art Skov
- Art Sladen
- Art Smith (actor)
- Art Smith (baseball)
- Art Smith (chef)
- Art Smith (ice hockey)
- Art Smith (pilot)
- Art Somers
- Art Sour
- Art Spander
- Art Spector
- Art Spiegelman, an American comics artist
- Art Spinney
- Art Spivack
- Art Staed
- Art Statuto
- Art Stephenson
- Art Stevens
- Art Stevenson
- Art Stewart
- Art Still
- Art Stock Books
- Art Stokes
- Art Stratton
- Art Streiber
- Art Stringer
- Art Strobel
- Art Sullivan
- Art Swann
- Art Sykes
- Art Tatum, an American jazz pianist
- Art Taylor
- Art Teele
- Art Thalasso
- Art Themen
- Art Thibert
- Art Thieme
- Art Thomason
- Art Thompson
- Art Thoms
- Art Todd
- Art Torres
- Art Townsend
- Art Tripp
- Art Tucker
- Art Turnbull
- Art Turner
- Art Twineham
- Art Uallach Ua Ruairc
- Art Valpey
- Art Van Damme
- Art Walker
- Art Wall, Jr.
- Art Wallace
- Art Wash
- Art Watson
- Art Weaver
- Art Webb
- Art Webb 1986
- Art Webster
- Art Weiner
- Art Welch
- Art Westerberg
- Art Wheeler
- Art White
- Art Whitney
- Art Whizin
- Art Wiebe
- Art Williams
- Art Williams (counterfeiter)
- Art Williams (insurance executive)
- Art Williams (outfielder)
- Art Williams (umpire)
- Art Wilson
- Art Winfree
- Art Wittich
- Art Wolfe
- Art Wolff
- Art Wood
- Art Young
- Art Zoyd
See also
List of Irish-language given names
References
- ^ "Art | meaning of Art | name Art". Thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ Ó Muirithe, Diarmaid (6 March 2007). A-Z of Irish Names and Their Meanings. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 192. Retrieved 13 April 2015.