This Welsh name, also used in France, is the name of a 6th century saint who went to Brittany and established abbeys. Armel has a pleasant and familiar sound, making it easily used outside of Wales and France.

Cool bearlike option, though Orson might be easier to embrace.

Corsican form of Ursus

Orson is being rediscovered and Orsino is every bit as attractive.

The advantage of Orsa over the arguably-more-attractive Ursula is that it breaks the tie to the hideous she-witch of The Little Mermaid. Orsa definitely feels more ready for modern life now that brother name Orson is on the rise.

Benno is a cool name in its own right -- there was a tenth century Saint Benno -- though it is also used as a lively nickname for Benjamin. Saint Benno of Meissen is the patron saint of anglers and weavers and, strangely enough, alliteration.

Fierce meaning, gentle image. This name is very common in Israel, where an endearing pet form is Dubi.

Reversed vowels make it seem less fierce.

This evocative Spanish surname would make an unusual but lively choice for a girl.

As dated as the old Pat Boone song.

If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.

Too close in sound to the so-far-out-it-will-always-be-out Bernard.

A surname style choice that could get you nicknames Bear and Ozzy, which is pretty cool. It comes from the Old English variant of the Old Norse Ásbjǫrn, which was introduced to England after the Norman conquest and used occasionally as a given name ever since. Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell used the spelling variation Osborne in her final novel, Wives and Daughters.

Rhythmic and powerful, if you don't mind the nickname Vern.

Once a diminutive for Arthur, now used in its own right. Tuur is a Top 100 name in Belgium and a Top 300 name in the Netherlands.

If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.

With the growing popularity for girls of such names as Aubrey and Audrey, Auberon feels like a fresh and viable option.

If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.

Orsola is chic in Italy in a way that Ursula is not in the U.S. And English speakers will inevitably hear this chic, sleek name as Ursula, condemned to purgatory as the name of the hideous sea-witch who terrorized Disney's Little Mermaid.

A Slovene diminutive of Ursula. Unlike in the Anglosphere, where many still see Ursula as a heavy name, Urška is popular in Slovenia and has even ranked in the Top 20.