Artis

Where Artis comes from

Artis hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #902 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1908
    Peak, #553
    21 babies named Artis — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1949
    Artis Gilmore born
    American basketball player
  4. 1966
    Artis Pabriks born
    Latvian politician
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,535.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Artis Pabriks · Latvian politician, born 1966
  • Artis Gilmore · American basketball player, born 1949
  • Artis Lazdiņš · Latvian footballer, born 1986
  • Artis Kampars · Latvian politician, born 1967
  • Artis Ābols · Latvian ice hockey player, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.