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Atlas?

62 replies

ernjas · 08/12/2018 16:42

Thoughts on the name Atlas?

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helpmum2003 · 08/12/2018 16:50

Sorry I don't like it - boy or girl?

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Singlenotsingle · 08/12/2018 16:53

Awful! Suppose it turns out to be a little slim boy? He'd get the piss taken out of him remorselessly!

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firstbrightday · 08/12/2018 16:57

No!

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dalmatianmad · 08/12/2018 16:57

Dreadful

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viques · 08/12/2018 16:58

I would practice a few scenarios first.

In the park, child is climbing up the wrong way on a slide "Atlas, get down from there at once."

At the supermarket. "SHall we have pepper hummus or ordinary Humous Atlas?"

On the beach."have you seen a little boy wearing yellow trunks? HIs name is Atlas"

At the school " hello, I'm Atlas's mummy, would he like to come round to play one afternoon"

If you can see yourself using the name with a straight face and ignoring the expressions on other peoples faces then go ahead.

Ps a skinny malinkey 13 year old might not relish being compared to the mythical Atlas .........

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Tiredmum100 · 08/12/2018 16:59

I don't like it.

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Mumshappy · 08/12/2018 17:02

Dont like it im afraid

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Icklepup · 08/12/2018 17:04

I really like it but then I like unusual names

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Chewbecca · 08/12/2018 17:05

Book of maps.

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PegLegAntoine · 08/12/2018 17:06

It just makes me think... 🤷‍♀️


:o

(In reality I like it but as a middle name maybe)

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Jasonmendoza · 08/12/2018 17:12

Nope

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insancerre · 08/12/2018 17:13

It’s my local kebab shop

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GinIsIn · 08/12/2018 17:13

Noooo. It sounds like a travel agent.

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shamofamockery · 08/12/2018 17:15

Ffs

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 08/12/2018 17:15

I like it, but it’s quite a name to handle.

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KismetHardie · 08/12/2018 17:15

Love it but it's a heavy burden for a child to bear

Sorry bad joke. I like it-it was one of the more out-there options we knocked around-but it is a lot of name. If you live in Stoke Newington or similar then he'll blend right in, if Runcorn/Gateshead/Derby then maybe think on.

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 08/12/2018 17:15

What about Atticus? Similar sounding, but much less huh?

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Iamism · 08/12/2018 17:16

Imagine the question 'Where is Atlas' or

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Polkasq · 08/12/2018 17:38

A bit "out there" for me.

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Iknowthatguy · 08/12/2018 17:57

😷

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LordPickle · 08/12/2018 18:02

This must be a wind up. Atlas is awful.

To be fair, I had a colleague a few years ago they named her son Attila. Confused So maybe Atlas isn't so bad?

Just kidding, it's terrible.

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TheDisillusionedAnarchist · 08/12/2018 18:03

It was on our list for our second. I like it. We chose a different option in the end. We then ran into an Atlas at a baby group.

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DreamsofJacaranda · 08/12/2018 18:04

I’m not keen, sorry.

How about Thesaurus ?

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KismetHardie · 08/12/2018 18:50

Attila is a Hungarian name, if that's their heritage then fine.

Don't take my advice on baby names though, I know 3 grown men called Merlin-and a skewed sense of what's reasons

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alansleftfoot · 08/12/2018 18:53

Dictionary?

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