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Arthur-John

Gender
Boy
Say it
AR-thur-JON
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys

Arthur-John is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “Arthur + God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).

What does Arthur-John mean?

Modern: combination of Arthur and John

“Arthur + God is gracious”

Is Arthur-John a girl's or a boy's name?

Arthur-John is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arthur-John in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Arthur-John, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Arthur-John than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Arthur-John in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

2015Busiest: 13 in 20202025
Arthur-John in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
202412#2,009
202312#2,024
202211#2,143
202110#2,257
202013#1,829
20196#3,184
20186#3,162
20170–
20163#5,015
20154#4,086

Nicknames for Arthur-John

Names like Arthur-John

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Modern names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Arthur-John: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arthur-john, updated 20 October 2026.