Art
org · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Art is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
- BEBelgium1 in 36K(measured from records)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 83K
- DEGermany≈1 in 111K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Art itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 438 (measured from records)
- 1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)
≈720 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Aert in FR France.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishart(measured from records)
- Old Frenchart(measured from records)
- Latinartem(measured from records)
From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
Sources 6
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Russian Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Clauson, An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish (1972)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Art counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 111K | 1 | Art | 67 |
| US United States | 700 | 1 in 475K | 9.5K | Art | 438 |
| VN Vietnam | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 164K | — | Art | 27 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 36K | 291 | Art | 50 |
| FR France | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 144K | 9 | Aert | 25 |
| BE Belgium | 325 | 1 in 36K | 325 | Art | 43 |
| AT Austria | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 46K | 51 | Art | 24 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 83K | — | Art | 10 |
| SI Slovenia | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 61K | 53 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Art Bakerb. 1898USfilm, television and radio actor (1898-1966)
- Art Tatumb. 1909USAmerican jazz pianist (1909–1956)
- Art Carneyb. 1918USAmerican actor and comedian (1918–2003)
- Art Blakeyb. 1919USAmerican jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)
- Art Clokeyb. 1921USAmerican animator (1921-2010)
- Art Farmerb. 1928USAmerican jazz trumpeter (1928–1999)
- Art Evansb. 1942USAmerican actor (1942–2024)
- Art Linsonb. 1942USScreenwriter, film director, film producer
- Art LaFleurb. 1943USAmerican actor (1943–2021)
- Art Malikb. 1952PKBritish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 64 sources across 34 countries.
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Art mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Russian Names and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Art have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 723 people named Art in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled art.
- Where is Art most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Art is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 36 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Art?
- In the United States, the national register counted 700 people named Art in 2010, about 1 in 475 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/artThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Art”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.