Greek · Boy name
Atlas
“enduring, to bear”
About the name Atlas
Atlas is a name from Greek mythology, probably connected with the verb tlenai, meaning to endure or to bear. The Titan Atlas sided against the Olympian gods and was condemned by Zeus to hold up the heavens at the western edge of the world. In one story Heracles briefly took the burden from him while Atlas fetched the golden apples of the Hesperides. The Atlas Mountains of North Africa were named after him, and so, indirectly, was the Atlantic Ocean. A bound collection of maps came to be called an atlas after Gerardus Mercator placed an image of the Titan on the cover of his map collection.
- Meaning
- enduring, to bear
- Origin
- Greek
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- AT-las(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Atlas
- Atlas James
- Atlas Alexander
- Atlas Thomas
- Atlas Reid
- Atlas Jude
Questions about Atlas
- What does Atlas mean?
- Atlas is a Greek name meaning "enduring, to bear".
- How do you pronounce Atlas?
- Atlas is pronounced AT-las, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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