Atticus, is it too much?

[yorkshiregirl29]

We LOVE the name Atticus but we've been getting lots of negative feedback.
What are your opinions?

I think it's quite nice

I think it is too much.

They will go through their whole life with:
either 'That's unusual, where does that come from?'
or 'So your parents were big To Kill a Mockingbird fans then?'

Pretentious to me, sorry.
Read Go Set the Watchman before you decide he's your hero. Harper Lee meant him to be a much more balanced character, originally. Noble but deeply flawed, too.

I'm afraid I think it's a bit silly - and makes you look pretentious as pp suggested. Sorry.

Too much.

yeah it's very very try hard look at us (sorry).

I like it but do think it’s too much for everday life.

I quite like it OP. I've heard of one other little Atticus (a boy) here in SE London. It does sound alike quite a trendy name I suppose but that doesn't put me off.

I like it and almost called ds1 atticus. I've heard people talk about 'go set the watchmen' but haven't read it so that put me off a bit. But what really stopped me using it was I didn't like the nickname/shortening to 'atty'

I like it

Personally I live the name but perhaps use it for a pet?

I like it!

Definitely too much, sorry.

No , not too much. It’s really lovely.

I'm not a fan, again go set a watchman would put me off as I have no other reference for the name.

I don't like any of the shortenings either, which may be problematic with a 3 syllable name.

I also live it Yorkshire where people drop the 't' sound so it really wouldn't work well around here!

Use it as a middle name?

Too much (sorry)

Pretentious, sorry.

To me that has "please bully me!" all over it, sorry.

I really dislike it. I know a woman at work who has a son called Atticus and they call him “Atti” for short which is awful

If you really love it, I’d suggest it as a middle name? Whether it’s fair or not, it’s a name that will mark him out, for his whole life, and I wonder how he’d feel about it.

No not at all

I can imagine a cat called Atticus....

🤔 It’s awful to say but I think it entirely depends on your social situation and where you see him ended up in life?

In my office we have loads of similar names (Rupert, Giles, Arabella, Horatio, Tarquin) so it’s rather normal. My colleagues have kids with equally ‘out there’ names! We happen to live in an affluent area so it seems the schools (even state ones) are full of unusual names! So in that situation I think it’s a lovely name and he would ‘fit in’.

However, where I grew up (very working call northern town) you’d be laughed out of the room with a name like that! You’d be making him a target at school!

It really does depend on your local area/ social group!

*ending