Atlas
Atlas is a boy name of Greek origin, ranked #37 in popularity, meaning Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
What Atlas means
Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
Atlas sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Atlas comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Atlas is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Atlas?
Atlas is ranked #37. Names in this band tend to be the comfortable middle ground — recognised everywhere, but common enough to need no explanation and rare enough to still feel chosen.
The character of Atlas
Two ideas meet in Atlas: Sky and strength. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Atlas
These share Atlas's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Niall — Champion; cloud.
- Thor — Thunder; god of thunder.
- Achilles — The great warrior hero.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Ares — God of war.
- Evander — Good man; strong.
- Hector — Holding fast; steadfast defender.
- Helios — The sun.
- Icarus — Follower; one who flew to the sun.
- Lysander — Liberator; freer of men.
- Nikolas — Victory of the people.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.