Arthes as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Arthes

What is the meaning of the name Arthes ?

The baby name Arthes is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: AR-thess (/ˈɑrθɛs/); French (Arthès): ar-TESS (/aʁtɛs/).

Arthes is in Origin.

Arthes is a rare given name with roots in southern France. As Arthès/Arthez it appears in Occitan and Gascon place names (e.g., Arthès in Tarn; Arthez-de-Béarn), likely from Basque/Gascon arte “holm oak” plus a locative -s/-z, yielding “place of holm oaks.” As a forename, it reflects the modern fashion for adopting surnames and toponyms, with sporadic use in France and the wider Francophone world from the late 20th century.

By sound, Arthes is also read as a streamlined variant of Arthur, allowing an inherited sense from Arthur’s debated roots - either Latin Artorius or a Celtic element artos “bear.” Short forms include Art and Thes. Variants and related spellings: Arthès (French with accent), Arthez (southwestern French), and the rarer Arthas; occasional feminine echoes such as Arthesa appear in contemporary lists. Offered meanings: “place of holm oaks” or, by Arthur-association, “bear-like.”

⚙ Arthes is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Arthes appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.