Arthur

Arthur is a common male name, meaning "bearlike," believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio.

Fictional characters named Arthur

• Arthur Spooner, a fictional character played by Jerry Stiller on the television sitcom The King of Queens.
• Arthur Weasley, a fictional character from the Harry Potter universe.
• Arthur Dent, a "mild-mannered Earthman" whose planet is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• The Tick's sidekick, Arthur, the white-suited flying moth guy.
• Arthur, Marc Brown's animated aardvark and the TV series featuring him.
• A character in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories.
• A character in The Castle, book from Franz Kafka
• Arthur the chimpanzee, one of Lillian Hoban's characters.