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Atlas

What does Atlas mean?

Atlas Pronunciation of Atlas as a boys' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Atlas is "to carry". Atlas was a mythical Titan who bore the weight of the world on his shoulders, so the name has connotations of great strength.

ENDS WITH -as

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, great, strength

Variations

VARIANT Attlas

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Atas, ..

(female) Atan, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Atlas David (A.D.), ..

How popular is Atlas?

Atlas is a rare given name for males but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#15551 out of 150436, Top 10%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Atlas reached its top position of #291 in the U.S. in 2018. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Atlas name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Atlas outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Abbas, Adlai, Adlar, Aias, Alan, Allan, Amias, Amyas, Arlan, Arles, Aslan, Athan, Athos, Atila, Atlea, Atlee, Atley, Atli, Colas, Silas and Sylas. These names tend to be more commonly used than Atlas.

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