Atlas

[Leeloo1233]

We are almost settled for this name for our baby boy. Any thoughts? I love both the greek mythology and the geography meanings

I'd be thinking 'are they Greek mythology fans or Ayn Rand fans. Hope they're not Rand fans'.

I know a guy called Sheba.
Call your son whatever you like

Great if his surnames begins with T 😆

@Obelisk

Makes me think of this-

Atlas

There is a kind of love called maintenance
Which stores the WD40 and knows when to use it;

Which checks the insurance, and doesn’t forget
The milkman; which remembers to plant bulbs;

Which answers letters; which knows the way
The money goes; which deals with dentists

And Road Fund Tax and meeting trains,
And postcards to the lonely; which upholds

The permanently rickety elaborate
Structures of living, which is Atlas.

And maintenance is the sensible side of love,
Which knows what time and weather are doing
To my brickwork; insulates my faulty wiring;
Laughs at my dryrotten jokes; remembers
My need for gloss and grouting; which keeps
My suspect edifice upright in air,
As Atlas did the sky.

UA Fanthorpe, from Safe as Houses (Peterloo Poets, 1995)

Not my taste in names - but worth coming on the thread for this poem, thank you

Quite like it

He did carry the world on his back though, which I wouldn’t wish on anyone..

I don't like it at all I'm afraid. I think it's this year's Arlo. But the main thing is that you like it.

It's nice. The only Atlas I know of is a dog. Also he better good with directions else that sets it up for nicknames not pleasant such as Atlas needs an atlas to get around/find where he is or Atlas' atlas isn't working.

Sorry but it's ridiculous. *

A big muscly mythological man, or a book of maps (every home should have one). Not for a baby, or indeed a young man living in the UK.

• in Greek culture it might be perceived differently.

what if he turns out to be on the chubby side instead of an adonis, lots of opportunities for teasing.

Fabulous it is, I wouldn't

I'm perplexed at the sudden popularity of this name. It's so ugly! Reminds me of "cutlass". The "-tl-" sound is so harsh.

I wouldn't

Nice name for a mountain range

I think only certain people can carry it off and you don't know if he will be able to at this stage. Also not great with very "British" surnames. Atlas Braithwaite is a bit silly.

Love it.

I don't dislike i in terms of sound or anything, but I think it is too big a name for an unknown person to carry. So it is a no from me.

Not my taste. How about Aiden?

Horrible. He will get called Twatlas.

On 'shortenings'', who needs to shorten a 2-syllable name? I don't mind it. So what if he turns out to be skinny. There must be lots of girls called Evie, Tilly, Milly, Emily who wont grow up to be frilly and dainty. You tend to grow into and sort of become your name.

No from me I would assume you were Ann rand fans.

Hahaha

No from me. I have a shelf of them in my classroon and to me it'd be akin to naming your kid Dictionary or Thesaurus.

It is my cats name

Why do people on name threads post ‘as long as you like it that’s all that matters’? That’s not what matters at all, obviously it’ll be the person who’ll have the name for 8-ish decades that matters.

Dreadful, sorry