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Original poster

Atlas for a girl?

66 replies

abbieamelia7 · 12/03/2021 23:15

Recently being loving Atlas for a little girl! What do you think?

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Cheesecake53 · 13/03/2021 13:32

Asta?

VenusClapTrap · 13/03/2021 13:17

Aurora is fine, and not common. I don’t know a single one.

I used to know a teenage Atalanta who was cool as.

CrayonInThreeBits · 13/03/2021 12:52

@Ithinkhedidit

There is a celebrity (an American one I think) with a baby girl called Atlas. Mn will never approve an unusual name by the way, tastes tend to the very traditional on here. I like Aurora too!
There's unusual, then there's naming your tiny baby girl Bodybuilder.
MynahBird · 13/03/2021 12:24

I know a little girl Atlas! At first I thought I'd misheard 'Alice' - but now it's grown on me and has become just the normal name of my friend's daughter.

Ithinkhedidit · 13/03/2021 12:02

There is a celebrity (an American one I think) with a baby girl called Atlas. Mn will never approve an unusual name by the way, tastes tend to the very traditional on here. I like Aurora too!

JustanotherTuesday · 13/03/2021 11:59

I prefer Aurora. Have you thought of Arielle/Ariella?

YukoandHiro · 13/03/2021 11:53

Honestly no

StillGoingToWork · 13/03/2021 11:53

Artemisia (artist)?
I've also like Minerva and Dido.

occa · 13/03/2021 11:48

Aurora is beautiful. And nn Rory is great. Love it.

snoopcat · 13/03/2021 11:48

Not sure I like. How about Globe, map, ordnance or geographic instead?

Original poster
abbieamelia7 · 13/03/2021 11:46

The other name we were thinking about is Aurora? Love the meaning but scared it’s getting popular? A little bit of popularity doesn’t put me off but it does when it’s everywhere.

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DeliaOwens · 13/03/2021 09:30

You know Atlas, from Greek mythology, bore the weight of the world on his shoulders? For that reason alone I would avoid using it for any child.

GintyMcGinty · 13/03/2021 08:54

Please don't.

ILoveStickers · 13/03/2021 08:49

Artemis? Or Atalanta, like the Greek heroine?

YouAreYourBestThing · 13/03/2021 08:48

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user1493494961 · 13/03/2021 08:44

You could give it a trial and call yourself Atlas for a few weeks and see what sort of reaction you get.

KaptainKaveman · 13/03/2021 08:22

@katy1213

If she grows up to be a female body-builder with a six-pack and tattoos - it might be quite nice.
Exactly!

How about Sycorax?

EssentialHummus · 13/03/2021 08:16

Artemis?

deethra · 13/03/2021 08:14

Personally I think it sounds quite masculine.
My DS (9) has a boy in his class called Atlas. I do love the name, and think its unusual and quirky, but I'm not sold on it for a girl.
How about using it as a middle name if you really like it?
Also, for what it's worth my DD had a typically male variant of a name (although I think it sounds feminine). If you really like Atlas for a girl, then don't let others sway you too much. Although, due to the fact you're asking for opinions, I'd guess you aren't 100% sold on it?!

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/03/2021 03:00

It's about the most masculine name possible.

And, once again, the only reason girls are given boys' names and boys aren't given girls' names is because being a boy is a promotion and being a girl is a demotion.

Time to raise a strong, awesome, cute, fearless, loving Persephone-Athena. Screw the boys' names.

katy1213 · 13/03/2021 02:46

If she grows up to be a female body-builder with a six-pack and tattoos - it might be quite nice.

NiceGerbil · 13/03/2021 02:35

Atlas was a bloke though.

partyatthepalace · 13/03/2021 02:23

@DPotter

For the sake of all you hold to be holy and sacred - just no
Quite.

OP - Atlas is a mythical bruiser who carries the world on his back, you might as well call your daughter Neptune.

If you want a mythological name for her there are many to chose from - Athena, Diana, Freya, Bridget, Persephone, etc

CrayonInThreeBits · 13/03/2021 02:20

I immediately think of some ripped hunk with a massive ball, so, no.

DPotter · 13/03/2021 02:12

For the sake of all you hold to be holy and sacred - just no