Artis Family History
Artis Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the French province of Artois from Anglo-Norman French Arteis (from Latin Atrebates the name of the local Gaulish tribe). French: from Old French artis ‘woodworm’ Old Occitan arta ‘moth’ possibly applied as a nickname for someone suffering from a wasting disease perhaps leprosy.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022