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Is Atlas a good baby boy name?

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21redroses · 28/03/2023 14:49

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!

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SkaneTos · 28/03/2023 17:34

I makes me think of the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

Ventingtura · 28/03/2023 17:35

No, that would not be a kind thing to do to your child.

CurlewKate · 28/03/2023 17:51

No.

FayCarew · 28/03/2023 19:40

Satnav?

Dinneronmybfpillow · 28/03/2023 19:44

HanSB · 28/03/2023 15:40

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.

Both of these names were Gladiators (tv not historical)

EmilyGilmoresSass · 28/03/2023 19:49

Are you gonna have another called Globe? Or Roadmap?

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 28/03/2023 19:52

I actually know two little boys called Atlas so I think it must be becoming trendy.

whatalovelydayy · 28/03/2023 19:53

It's in the very popular Colleen Hoover books 'It ends with us' and 'It starts with us'

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 28/03/2023 19:53

SkaneTos · 28/03/2023 17:34

I makes me think of the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

this is the thing that puts me off it the most

Hawkins00 · 28/03/2023 19:54

It's quite a good name

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 28/03/2023 19:54

No. It's awful.

Atticus is a similar sounding and far better choice.

Tescoland · 28/03/2023 19:56

I personally wouldn’t use it. Very silly name.

RealMcKoy · 28/03/2023 19:57

There is a married Jamaican artiste couple who have a Youtube family vlog ( that I follow) who have named one of their sons "Atlas". And all for it being a name with only two syllables , it just doesn't trip off the tongue with a lack of pretension to me outside of signifying an actual atlas or Greek Mythology.
So if those of a "left field" profession can't finesse the name for their child, I wouldn't do it if you aren't more than two steps from being connected to the "Primrose Hill Set" of 90s -early 2000s infamy ( "Wolf" being the name of one of the offspring of Bobby Gillespie and Katy England).

WhatAmIDoingWrong123 · 28/03/2023 20:04

I quite like it as a word and I can see the appeal as a name, I feel the same about Tuesday before a girl, but I think actually using either of them would be cringey.

defi · 28/03/2023 20:09

I like it

Butterwicky · 28/03/2023 20:20

It's pretentious.

CatchHimDerry · 28/03/2023 20:24

I love it and would use it, but I like quite “out there” names

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 28/03/2023 20:29

It is out there and quite try hard IMO

peaceinourtime · 29/03/2023 02:09

The only Atlas I know of is a great dane dog. I think it would be a hard name to pull off if the child had a bad sense of direction. Agreeing with an earlier post Atticus is better.

Monoprix · 29/03/2023 09:44

peaceinourtime · 29/03/2023 02:09

The only Atlas I know of is a great dane dog. I think it would be a hard name to pull off if the child had a bad sense of direction. Agreeing with an earlier post Atticus is better.

Atlas is bad enough but Atticus is downright awful.

ididntwanttodoit · 29/03/2023 10:15

I thought you preferred Cove?

Unemployednobody · 29/03/2023 10:16

What about the name Map or Travel Guide?

Klunt · 29/03/2023 10:20

I know a couple of Atlas’s

I like it

AliceTheeCamel · 29/03/2023 10:21

TheaBrandt · 28/03/2023 14:57

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

This was my first thought too tbh!

I do know one in RL (age 3). I think it's becoming more popular.

mumonherphone · 29/03/2023 16:35

I think Atticus is a lot better

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