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Arthur ✓ sourced (B)

Traced to a written source — see below.

Mechanism: phonetic · Regions: US, AU

What it stands for

→ Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), whose name day you can subscribe to.

A documented diaspora substitution (Athanasios→Arthur, Nicholas 2017); sound-echo Athan-→Arth-. Source does not detail the exact mechanism.
Source: Nick Nicholas — Kostas→Gus anglicisation analysis (expert blog) (B)

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