Atlas?

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I'm a fan of classical names - dp has come up with this one. What do you think? Too way out there...?

Pmsl.

It's quite a nice-sounding word, it really should be a name, but they'd be forever getting dictionary/geography type comments. How about Atticus - I'm not keen on it but it seems quite an MN name at the moment...?

Kirsty Allsopp from 'Location Location..' has a son called Bay Atlas. Not sure about it myself!

Oh no sorry. That is one of the worst names I've ever heard on here. Just my opinion.

Atlas? Dictionary? Thesaurus? Encyclopaedia? Lexicon?

All obsolete now we have google...

I take it that's a no from you lisaro and everlong :)

Tudorjess, Atticus is dp's first choice :), I've said no though. Prefer Atlas actually...

It has a nice sound to it, although I've never met a real life Atlas.

Here's some more info on it: appellationmountain.net/2011/09/01/baby-name-of-the-day-atlas/

No
Atticus is marginally better

I also like classical names but I hadn't thought of that one. I really like it but probably wouldn't be brave enough to use it myself.
(I wanted Atticus for DS but DH vetoed it :( )

I think it is a lovely word, but unless you are very posh and a bit eccentric it may be hard to carry off.

yy to the 'weight of the world' comment, it was the first thing I thought of

I don't think any of the names of the male Titans are really usable, sorry, nor really of the gods. Might he go for heroes instead? Perhaps Jason or Perseus?

"I think it is a lovely word, but unless you are very posh and a bit eccentric it may be hard to carry off."

And even if you are very posh and a bit eccentric, your son may not be. It's not you that has to answer to- and for- the name for the next 90 years. A fact that all the "am I brave enough to....." brigade seem to forget!

No, definately not. Too much pressure on the kid to live up to that name......

Ha Ha Ha - you cannot be serious?

I love Hercules too, so clearly I am WetAugust

What did you go for in the end Lastofthepodpeople?

Hercules was the name of Steptoe's carthorse.

Who's that?

Atticus is cool but no decent NN for it.
Please not Atlas.
Must be something here that sounds okay to modern ears.

Its a no from me too, sorry! Just doesnt seem like a 'proper' name.

Atticus is better, though I still wouldnt go for it.

Other suggestions:
Amos
Felix
Linus
Hector
Cornelius
Rufus
Ulysses
Lysander
Artemis
Cosmo

Like most on your list except Amos, littlecherub. I already have an Artemis

It's interesting...it's seems the negative reaction to Atlas is more because it doesn't seem like a proper name...? Or does it sound horrible? Or is it too associated with maps etc? Or because he was a Titan?

I think it actually sounds nice - but I do get that it's very unusual...

I met an Atlas at university. He was American I think.

It sounds like 'antlers', can you imagine the ribbinh your son will get of he is has large earlobes or even if not its an awful name