Is Atlas a good baby boy name?

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So the hubby and I absolutely love the name Atlas for a boy, but is it too out there? Will people think it’s weird? Should that matter? Thoughts please!

On one hand I like it on the other hand you could throw the book at it.

So I think he's likely to end up the butt of a lot of jokes and you'll question why you did it.

Really? I mean I like the sound of it but would you really give your child that name? Atlas carries the weight of the world on his shoulders…

Atlas is painfully trendy to me. It’s skyrocketed from never having any recorded use in England and Wales to be approaching the top 300 names with no sign of slowing down. I can see it being one of those names that comes crashing down just as quickly when the trend ends. I’d avoid any name with such a sharp, sudden rise in popularity as you’ve no idea how far it will continue to rise before it burns out.

That’s a lot for a lad to live up to! What if he is puny? Would be quite cruel

I've looked after one in the past - love it!

The child wont thank you for that name.

It’s a popular Turkish name, which could explain why it’s jumped in popularity.

It's a very worldly name.

I love it!

No, it isn’t a nice name

I don't like it, similar to if I heard a boy called Wolf, it feels like the parents were trying hard to be trendy.

Please do NOT call your child ATLAS!

I really like it, unfortunately I’m not cool enough to pull off having a child called atlas. I honestly don’t think it would be an issue at all. People might be surprised when they first hear it but then it just becomes their name and no one thinks anything of it

Absolutely not

I prefer Dictionary

Thesaurus?

Or 'Googlemaps?'

It's a lot to live up to. I would worry about being laughed at if he is not very strong.
Also does sound very try hard.

It's an invitation for teasing at school. He'll probably get called 'map'.

I'd be worried that he might turn out to be nothing like Atlas (ie thin and weedy)!
Wouldn't take the risk.

There's one in my daughter's class! His parents call him Atty, which I assumed was short for Atticus until I saw his peg.

Not for me, but it's kind of grown on me now I've seen it in real life.

I quite like it

i think its lovely,

It's a lot to live up to. Would your husband like to be called Atlas? Would he suit it?

It's a book of maps or a muscly mythological hero with the world on his shoulders. Not particularly nice imo and not great associations.

Atticus is close in sound, and much nicer.