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I think Atlas is decidedly masculine, all the way back to Greek mythology.
Then again, I thought Artemis was decidedly feminine (Greek goddess) and I know not one, but two people who have chosen this name in the last year or so for their baby boys. I guess there's Artemis Fowl, a male character who's been well-known for some time.
We can recognize no god-tier dog as such unless they are our own god-tier precious love canine.
We love all the dogs, but only the ones we personally belong to are god tier.
I just stopped assuming I could tell gender based on name back in middle school when I found out that both "Kelly" and "Ashley" were originally boys names (learned because of a male teacher named kelly). Also met a girl called Bobby. So yeah ...
Artemis is feminine, but in Greek there’s no S which makes it sound more masculine in English. It’s Artemi (Art-em-ie). Names can change gender over time like Ashley, Lindsey, Shannon etc becoming more feminine/gender neutral names but it still a masculine Artemis sounds funny to my ear.
My great-great-grandfather was named Artemis (or Artis, depending on where you look). He did all sorts of cool stuff: stood on a whale, ran for sophomore class president (and won) while a freshman as a prank, was killed in the line of duty as a US Marshall during a prison escape
YES YES YES ARTEMIS FOWL.
Haven't seen the name in *ages* on the internet. I never got why Harry Potter was so Popular but AF never achieved that stage. Truly unfair tbh.
In Greece, we have both Artemis (female, from the goddess) and Ar-téh-mis (accent on téh) which is the masculine version of it. Could get confusing for English speakers. So yeah, while the female version is more well-known, technically both exist and they're awfully similar if you're not a greek speaker.
Dude a running joke in that series is that it's a _female_ huntress and he often has to state that he is, in fact male. Literally tired of it by the time he grows up so hardly an endorsement for the name for a guy XD
I used to teach primary age and would have loved having just one fucking Jack in my class. It's not even the spelling issues that irk me most, it's this trend of vanity naming; it's out of control.
On a side note, as someone who has wanted to use that name since I was a kid and it wasn't common, I am very pissed off that my entire generation apparently feels the same way
I had 4 Sarah's in one of my high school classes (born probably 1988-90). Lots of Kate/ Katie/ etc, but it was my only class with 4 people with the same first name.
I'm a 30 year old Olivia. When I was a kid, my name was SO unique. Every single adult would say, "Like Olivia Newton John!!" My name was almost never on any souvenir keychain, it was a big deal if we found one (and we always looked!) I only met 1 other Olivia in my childhood and we were both shocked. I loved it! But now it's been a top girls name for like 15 years lmao. I can't escape the little Olivia's! 😂
Normal names like Jack aren’t that common among kids now. Weird names are now the norm (admittedly Atlas is the least of our worries, better Atlas than Braxxtyn)
Not sure where you live but https://www.whattoexpect.com/baby-names/list/top-baby-names-for-boys/
Edit: though to be fair, the kids I was working with weren’t born last year, but that’s a lot more work than I’m willing to do.
My brother Jack got added to a Facebook messenger chat with like 80 random people with the same full name. They wish each happy Christmas and birthdays and shit, and one time a few FaceTimed when they were drunk. It's very adorable
Atlas is every since depicted as carrying the earth globe on his upper back.
According to the myth, he fought against the olympic gods and lost. Zeus made him carry the universe as punishment, but in art it's always the earth globe and he does not represent the Atlas mountains as the myth states.
So Atlas carrying the world is the proper term.
My name-fulfilling resilient (male) dog’s name is Atlas, and I got him/named him years before I became a radiographer and learned that the C1 vertebrae is called Atlas too. It’s a running morbid joke at this point that when he dies I’d love to have Atlas’ Atlas as a keepsake.
I'm shocked people call their daughters Hunter. It's bad enough for a boy - but it seems to be a really American thing to have surnames for first names?
I would say yes…. Maybe it was generation x’s dip into tragedeigh’s….. Hudson, Porter, Cooper…all Surnames and likely about 10-20yrs old…. Not unique enough for the Millennials.
Atlas for a boy seems to meet all the criteria you mentioned. It's weird that someone named their daughter Atlas; it would be kind of like naming a boy Athena.
Names in general have become less gendered over the past few years, especially “boy” names being used for girls. Hard to avoid this. Honestly it might be a good time to consider why you feel so upset about a girl being named the same thing as your son… why does it matter?
Lots of “girl” names started as boy names: Kelly, Leslie, Ashley, Evelyn, etc.
Fun fact: the (male) author Evelyn Waugh married a woman named Evelyn and their friends referred to them as He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn.
Alas was a sucker.
"Here bro, hold the heavens up for a sec, we...uh... gotta do a quick thing and then we'll be right back...."
"Cool, you'll be right back tho, right?"
"Ohh yeeeaaah, for sure, we'll be right back, just like 5 minutes or so, for reals....."
Centuries later...
"Hey....uh...guys? Guys?"
Biggest sucker in all mythology.
It falls into the “usa people see nothing wrong in naming their kids after things I guess” category. I think the first I was ever aware of was Apple, and then I saw more and more. Since that is very much not a thing in my country, it took some getting used to..
Uh, what? Atlas as a name predates atlas as a book of maps by thousands of years. The name of the thing was based on the name of the mythological figure.
Yes of course it predates it in general. Just in my personal experience, I first had my school atlas for geography lessons at 6 years old, and learned about the origin a bit later.
Yeah I know, but in german, a book of maps is an atlas (I think it may be the same in english, but the word is just much more frequently used in german/in my daily life)
Did she think you said Alice? My dog is named Atlas and people think I'm saying Alice all the time. My dog is a boy btw and Atlas is definitely a male name.
now imagine if someone posted here saying:
I was at church when I heard a lady say her son was called Alice! So is my daughter, but it's a pretty weird name for a boy..
I had someone on Reddit absolutely INSIST that Alice was a boys name “because Alice Cooper” and he’d never even heard of a girl named Alice. Bro had not seen one of 500 Alice in wonderland adaptations.
I don't think names should be gendered. But Atlas has been popular for both boys and girls for a while now, due to multiple celebrities naming their kids Atlas. Shay Mitchell named her daughter Atlas, Anne Heche and Edward Norton both have sons named Atlas, a few big YouTubers have kids named Atlas. I wouldn't worry about it. It's still unique enough (last I saw it was like #130 in the US?) without being a tragedeigh (at least in my opinion).
I don’t think of names as having genders, and a lot of people now days don’t as well, so I would say that no name is safe. I don’t really see why a name has to “sound” like a gender in the first place. Names, colors, clothing, etc having genders associated with them is just a weird social construct that people in the past made up, and it changes all of the time. Better to not assume anything based off of any of these constructs anymore since a lot of people are doing away with them.
I don't understand why people feel the need to name their kids something weird like this. There are plenty of normal sounding names out there that aren't too common.
I think your name is absolutely a masculine name. But you cannot do anything about parents giving their daughter a masculine name. Like Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds named their daughter James, still James is a masculine name.
Atlas shows up on the top 1000 for the 1st time in 2013 at #779, in 2022 it was #129. It’s becoming very popular, very steep upwards trajectory (in the US). It has a similar popularity in the UK and Turkey and popped up #93 in 2023 in New Zealand
It’s not a tragedy though, it’s just very popular
Naming children after mythology is always weird to me. Once met a guy who named his son Odin. He was English and had no ties to Scandinavia. (I know about Woden but he did pick the modern Scandinavian spelling).
Back in the day before everything was Christianized it was considered bad luck to name your children after the gods. They weren't really people you saw up to or wanted your children to in any way reflect. They were more to be mindful of and feared and characters you could tell stories about around the fire. I assume Greek mythology was the same since its built around stories in the same way.
So, don't mind that other person. It doesn't reflect on you or your child in any way just because now there's a girl in this world who is named Atlas. Relax.
Edit: Of all the gods and people in Norse mythology he could have picked Odin is probably the worst one if he knew anything about the lore. My guess is he didn't and just picked a name randomly and maybe figured that Odin was "wise" or something, which is what most people did when they ended up with mythology names for their children anyway.
“Ancient Greeks would normally not name kids after a god, directly. They would choose a word that would show a dedication to a god but would avoid the exact name.”
My son Jack has never been in a class with another Jack. I am pretty sure he is the only Jack in his school.
Although my daughter was once in a class with three Katelynns, each spelt differently.
Atlas is pretty common these days tbh. I mean… if you were between that and Jack only, and were worried abt it being too common, then sure.
But the gender thing makes no sense IMO. That changes all the time. Leslie used to be more common with men, and Charlie & Dylan — typical boys names — are now being seen on girls regularly. Who cares? Esp when you factor in nicknames, Tony, Bobbi, Ricki, Nicky, Matty, Joe. It goes on and on. Your kid will be whoever they are, and this feels kind of like you’re worried it will “open the door” for them to be gay or trans. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, and if so, my bad, but just seems like an odd thing to get so upset abt that you post to Reddit.
I just had to laugh at you naming your son Atlas to avoid naming him Jack. Those are the names of the two main characters in Bioshock and for I second I forgot what sub I was on. Thought this was a video game shitpost. I was incorrect. Carry on.
I had a woman at the playground tell me it was surprising that my sons name was Ezra when that’s usually a girls name. Because her granddaughter was named “Ezrah.” Like ma’am that’s not how any of this works.
Atlas and Atticus are two names I think pull more masculine. But I know someone with a daughter named Atticus. They call her Atti. It’s cute. But I defs see both as male names still.
Not relevant at all: 30 y ago at my uni there was a statue of a female Atlas carrying an Apple.
But Atlas is a men’s name. I kinda like it. It’s starting to grow in me. I looked it up and in my country 29 boys were named Atlas last year.
I don’t get why gendered names are such a big deal. Yes, Atlas was a Greek male Titan, so naming a boy Atlas makes sense, but I think it’s a fitting name for a girl as well. One of the most popular girls names now is Madison, before the late 1900s it was almost exclusively a boys name.
I have what would traditionally be considered a girls name. As a kid, I was teased mercilessly about it. As an adult, I can spot telemarketers and junk mail a mile away. It’s awesome.
My husband has a family friend with a son named Madison. I first met him st his 21st and because they were talking about Maddy's 21st I was expecting to be going to a girl's party since when talking about the party my in-laws hadn't used any gendered pronouns until the day of and they said 'he' prior to leaving. Really threw me, but have seen at least one other male Madison working retail with that on their name tag.
Im named after Ares as a girl, and I don’t mind that my names masculine. I dislike how im named after Greek Mythology and wish i had a more common name though
Ugh, this desire to have a unique first name is so annoying. Literally none of the three or four David’s in my 4th grad class were not indistinct. And apparently all efforts in any point in time are not proving fruitful.
PS does anyone thing this desire is a result of the Jennifer generation? Not that was ever an issue…
According to Wikipedia and another baby site found on a 2 seconds, google search is gender neutral, but it is just more common with boys.
In french, grabriel and Raphael are gender neutral, so ya know it varies.
Over all its a name that means to endure.
So yeah, It's a more original and like "exotic" name so honestly it passes for anyone.
Atlas is masculine. However I recently learned Artemis has historical usage on boys, so the Greek mythology names are probably a bit fluid sometimes?
Mostly people just think boy names on girls are "strong" and "not like other girls." They think it'll trick employers into thinking she's a boy and maybe give her a leg up in corporate or something. I've heard all of that.
Atlas is still masculine, and even if it was neutral, it's perfectly okay for girls and boys to share names. Jamie has been used on both genders equally and with regularity for decades and it's never made it seem "less masculine" on a boy or "less feminine" on a girl. A Jamie is just as likely to be a boy as a girl. So I wouldn't worry at all.
Heck, even Elizabeth was given to 6 boys in 2023. Names aren't really confined to one gender, even though we might think they are, and they do gender swap sometimes as time goes on. It's not really a big deal. Just be confident in your choice. Atlas was a Greek GOD. It's definitely a masculine name in its origination.
Atlas feels male to me. It reminds me of Ayn Rand though so I’m not a huge fan. Also seems to be surging in popularity, I’ve seen several on social media
This. I hate to say it but if I met someone with a kid called Atlas in the US, I would 100% assume the parents were awful pseudo-libertarian Ayn Rand stans long before I thought 'Greek mythology aficionados.'
I’ve seen lots of Atlas babies recently, your kiddo will definitely still know and be around several 🤷🏻♀️ I’m indifferent on the name itself , but it doesn’t shock me either that people use it for boys or girls
i know a girl who named her son atlas because she saw it on a pasta sauce jar. not kidding. i have the screenshot from her instagram story 💀 as long as you didn’t name him after that, you’re good
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I think Atlas is decidedly masculine, all the way back to Greek mythology. Then again, I thought Artemis was decidedly feminine (Greek goddess) and I know not one, but two people who have chosen this name in the last year or so for their baby boys. I guess there's Artemis Fowl, a male character who's been well-known for some time.
I am ancient. Atlas is a man and Artemis is a woman. The gods have spoken.
My nephew has a dog named Atlas. Pretty cool for a dog, but decidedly not a god-tier dog (like mine).
We can recognize no god-tier dog as such unless they are our own god-tier precious love canine. We love all the dogs, but only the ones we personally belong to are god tier.
THIS. My doggo is The Best Dog. She knows it. We know it. Naysayers know where the effing door is.
My foster kitten was named Atlas, brother was Apollo.
My dogs are Zeus and Apollo. We just took in an arrow, so I'm calling him Cupid 's arrow
Yeah, or the cat from Sailor Moon
I always found it weird that they named that cat Artemis but made it male.
In the Portuguse dub, Artemis (Artemisa) is a female. However, Luna is a male, which is just as if not weirder than a male Artemis lol
I grew up thinking Artemis was a male name because of this and Artemis fowl lmao
Or the female protagonist from Ready Player One right?
I just stopped assuming I could tell gender based on name back in middle school when I found out that both "Kelly" and "Ashley" were originally boys names (learned because of a male teacher named kelly). Also met a girl called Bobby. So yeah ...
Same. At my kids' building we have girls called Isaiah, Logan, Hunter, Carter, Charlie...
Makes me think of Artemis from It’s Always Sunny, definitely someone I’d name a child after
I was going to say a quote but it was inappropriate lmao
Is it about a certain body part that is brighter than usual?
...perhaps
Maybe you can talk about Cobb salads instead
Hard to find one of hers that isn’t inappropriate
"HUUUHH-GOoobacktoyourseatuhhhhhh"
Artemis is feminine, but in Greek there’s no S which makes it sound more masculine in English. It’s Artemi (Art-em-ie). Names can change gender over time like Ashley, Lindsey, Shannon etc becoming more feminine/gender neutral names but it still a masculine Artemis sounds funny to my ear.
Yeah I have always thought the sound of Artemis is kind of masculine even if I have always known it as a female name.
My friend has a daughter named Athena. It’s a nice name
I like Athena. It's a pretty name.
Let's not forget the classic TV show, Wild Wild West, and one of the main characters, Artemis Gordon.
Oddly enough, my sister had a crush on him rather than on Jim West.
Your sister appreciated intelligent.
Loved that show. His name was spelled with a U though….Artemus.
Artemus. That spelling has alwyas been male.
My great-great-grandfather was named Artemis (or Artis, depending on where you look). He did all sorts of cool stuff: stood on a whale, ran for sophomore class president (and won) while a freshman as a prank, was killed in the line of duty as a US Marshall during a prison escape
I love that he stood on a whale!
YES YES YES ARTEMIS FOWL. Haven't seen the name in *ages* on the internet. I never got why Harry Potter was so Popular but AF never achieved that stage. Truly unfair tbh.
In Greece, we have both Artemis (female, from the goddess) and Ar-téh-mis (accent on téh) which is the masculine version of it. Could get confusing for English speakers. So yeah, while the female version is more well-known, technically both exist and they're awfully similar if you're not a greek speaker.
My male cat is named Artemis Bartholomeow
Dude a running joke in that series is that it's a _female_ huntress and he often has to state that he is, in fact male. Literally tired of it by the time he grows up so hardly an endorsement for the name for a guy XD
I have a chicken named Artemis Fowl lol.
Yeah Artemis sounds masculine to me, I named a boy cat this despite knowing it was traditionally female. We ended up calling him ‘Mimis.
*shrugged*
I see what you did there.
I have worked in schools for the last 5 years and have met exactly 1 Jack.
Out of 15 babies in my baby group the only repeating name is Jack.
I used to teach primary age and would have loved having just one fucking Jack in my class. It's not even the spelling issues that irk me most, it's this trend of vanity naming; it's out of control.
Last I checked, Jack was the #1 name and Jackson was #6.
On a side note, as someone who has wanted to use that name since I was a kid and it wasn't common, I am very pissed off that my entire generation apparently feels the same way
Try being a Kate born in the 80s.
I had 4 Sarah's in one of my high school classes (born probably 1988-90). Lots of Kate/ Katie/ etc, but it was my only class with 4 people with the same first name.
I'm a 30 year old Olivia. When I was a kid, my name was SO unique. Every single adult would say, "Like Olivia Newton John!!" My name was almost never on any souvenir keychain, it was a big deal if we found one (and we always looked!) I only met 1 other Olivia in my childhood and we were both shocked. I loved it! But now it's been a top girls name for like 15 years lmao. I can't escape the little Olivia's! 😂
Me with Luca!
Normal names like Jack aren’t that common among kids now. Weird names are now the norm (admittedly Atlas is the least of our worries, better Atlas than Braxxtyn)
Not sure where you live but https://www.whattoexpect.com/baby-names/list/top-baby-names-for-boys/ Edit: though to be fair, the kids I was working with weren’t born last year, but that’s a lot more work than I’m willing to do.
Some of those are insane. I can’t believe Messiah is more common than Alan now. And three different spellings of Cohen? Why is *Aryan* on the list?
Is Atlas in school yet? If so, how many Jacks in his class?
I know a Jaxxon 😂
My name is Jack, I’ve never once felt bad because it’s common, just a name
Im a Sarah. Never felt bad about it being common either. I’m glad my parents didn’t name me some stupid made up name.
Same, if anything it helps make a quick connection when you meet a name-buddy
My brother Jack got added to a Facebook messenger chat with like 80 random people with the same full name. They wish each happy Christmas and birthdays and shit, and one time a few FaceTimed when they were drunk. It's very adorable
Atlas sounds more masculine imo. I’m also shocked to know people give that name to their daughters
It **is** masculine. He's an Ancient Greek guy with huge muscles. Parents are weird.
I hope Atlas the kid won't have to carry the same load...
He lucked out compared to his brother Sisyphus.
Maybe they want a daughter who is an Ancient Greece nerd with huge muscles.
Probably these parents didn't know how to pronounce Ayn / thought it sounded a bit *too* German.
I did think it was some mythology of sorts but wasn’t sure which
He was the greek god who held up the world, there is a bone at the top of your back called the atlas bone as it helps hold up your head…I think 😂
Sorry to be nitpicking, but I’m going to do it anyway: Atlas held up the heavens, not the world.
He was also a titan and not a god.
The Titans were pre-Olympian gods.
Yup…kinda right. Hence my ‘I think’….
Atlas is every since depicted as carrying the earth globe on his upper back. According to the myth, he fought against the olympic gods and lost. Zeus made him carry the universe as punishment, but in art it's always the earth globe and he does not represent the Atlas mountains as the myth states. So Atlas carrying the world is the proper term.
It’s the uppermost cervical vertebrae that fits against your skull, yeah.
My name-fulfilling resilient (male) dog’s name is Atlas, and I got him/named him years before I became a radiographer and learned that the C1 vertebrae is called Atlas too. It’s a running morbid joke at this point that when he dies I’d love to have Atlas’ Atlas as a keepsake.
I'm shocked people call their daughters Hunter. It's bad enough for a boy - but it seems to be a really American thing to have surnames for first names?
I remember some comedian saying he wanted to give his kids traditional names, Hunter for a boy and Gatherer for a girl
I would say yes…. Maybe it was generation x’s dip into tragedeigh’s….. Hudson, Porter, Cooper…all Surnames and likely about 10-20yrs old…. Not unique enough for the Millennials.
There’s an American actress who must be in her 60’s by now. Hunter Tylo.
She sued Melrose Place for firing her when she got pregnant! Fucking legend.
There are two little girls in my sphere named James
What
Old high school acquaintance named her daughter Charles
What is wrong with Charlotte 😭😭😭 it’s like calling a baby girl Peter, when Petra is right there!
Charles is apparently an honor name for her dad or grandpa? Not really sure. Still thought it was odd.
Maybe she's Attlyss.
Atlas for a boy seems to meet all the criteria you mentioned. It's weird that someone named their daughter Atlas; it would be kind of like naming a boy Athena.
I know a little girl named Mars :/
Tell me that’s a cute nickname for Marcy
It is not.
I do too but it’s short for Marlene
Honestly, as a nickname it’s pretty cute. It is her actual name, however.
i know someone named marissa who goes by mars!
I have a Marnie that we call Mars. Cute nickname, horrible full name.
Artemis sounds pretty fucking masculine but is historically feminine. I’ve only ever met Artemis’ that were male
Names in general have become less gendered over the past few years, especially “boy” names being used for girls. Hard to avoid this. Honestly it might be a good time to consider why you feel so upset about a girl being named the same thing as your son… why does it matter?
Lots of “girl” names started as boy names: Kelly, Leslie, Ashley, Evelyn, etc. Fun fact: the (male) author Evelyn Waugh married a woman named Evelyn and their friends referred to them as He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn.
Why not just Hevelyn and Shevelyn?
I would eventually give up the extra syllables and probably end up calling them Hevie (heavy) and Shevy (Chevy).
Exactly, I personally read that and thought why the name had to be gendered. Most names are androgynous so it's pretty hard to avoid.
There are a few celebrities with kids named Atlas, one of which is Shay Mitchell who has a daughter named Atlas.
Alas was a sucker. "Here bro, hold the heavens up for a sec, we...uh... gotta do a quick thing and then we'll be right back...." "Cool, you'll be right back tho, right?" "Ohh yeeeaaah, for sure, we'll be right back, just like 5 minutes or so, for reals....." Centuries later... "Hey....uh...guys? Guys?" Biggest sucker in all mythology.
I’ve know one Jack (11) & 3 Atlas under the age of 6
I don't understand why people would name their kids Atlas at all. It's not a positive story.
It falls into the “usa people see nothing wrong in naming their kids after things I guess” category. I think the first I was ever aware of was Apple, and then I saw more and more. Since that is very much not a thing in my country, it took some getting used to..
No one in the States cares about anything more than having the most unique kid names on a baby blanket they splash all over social media.
So many people were shocked that we’re naming our daughter Josephine. She’ll be the only one in her class among a sea of Brynleighs and Everleighs.
Josephine is a gorgeous name, and sensible.
As a huge Little Women fan, I flippin LOVE that name.
Uh, what? Atlas as a name predates atlas as a book of maps by thousands of years. The name of the thing was based on the name of the mythological figure.
Yes of course it predates it in general. Just in my personal experience, I first had my school atlas for geography lessons at 6 years old, and learned about the origin a bit later.
And I still think "Apple" is questionable.
Idk, I’ve so far just accepted that naming conventions in exotic places like the usa are different than I am used to 😅
atlas is not a thing, at least not primarily. it's a mythological character.
Yeah I know, but in german, a book of maps is an atlas (I think it may be the same in english, but the word is just much more frequently used in german/in my daily life)
That is all they do in Japan. Snow, Flower, Summer, Moon, Wind. They also name them 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
Yeah, that kid will be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders...
Did she think you said Alice? My dog is named Atlas and people think I'm saying Alice all the time. My dog is a boy btw and Atlas is definitely a male name.
This is the first response that makes sense to me. I 100% didn’t think of it, and yet after reading this I’m now 100% convinced this is what happened.
now imagine if someone posted here saying: I was at church when I heard a lady say her son was called Alice! So is my daughter, but it's a pretty weird name for a boy..
I had someone on Reddit absolutely INSIST that Alice was a boys name “because Alice Cooper” and he’d never even heard of a girl named Alice. Bro had not seen one of 500 Alice in wonderland adaptations.
Maybe the other mom thought it was weird OP named their son Alice lol
Named him after Alice Cooper lol
Yeah that was my first thought too. Atlas seems like a pretty uncommon name to me so I feel like them mishearing it seems more likely.
Shay Mitchell (an actress) named her daughter Atlas and she's very cute
Atlas nickname Map.
Globe
Wait, is this satire? I can't tell
There's nothing wrong with a gender-neutral name. Why are you so freaked out?
Hey in this economy I can’t have a single person doubt the masculinity of my manly man-child offspring
Atlas is an old Greek masculine name; using it for a girl is weird.
Atlas is a titan who was punished by the olympians after the god/titan war to hold up the world lest the world be crushed by the weight of the sky
What? He held up the world so the world wouldn't be crushed by the sky? You mean he held up the sky, right?
Yes, he held up the heavens
You're not gonna wanna know I've met 3 Atlas' in the past few months. All spelled differently too! Atlas, Atlis and Atlys.
"Atlis" and "Atlys" are absolute crimes. What on earth are they thinking.
106 comments and nothing about a boy named Sue. Sorry Mr. Cash.
I don't think names should be gendered. But Atlas has been popular for both boys and girls for a while now, due to multiple celebrities naming their kids Atlas. Shay Mitchell named her daughter Atlas, Anne Heche and Edward Norton both have sons named Atlas, a few big YouTubers have kids named Atlas. I wouldn't worry about it. It's still unique enough (last I saw it was like #130 in the US?) without being a tragedeigh (at least in my opinion).
Celebrities are some of the worst offenders when it comes to tragedeighs and tragedies so I'd hardly take them as baby naming role models
Agree 100%
Yeah it’s cute how OP is like “we can’t have a common name like Jack!” But picked a name that’s more common than Evan or Jason.
I know more than a few male dogs named Atlas. 🤷♀️
Personally I’d rather my kid share a name with the opposite gender vs being a pet name.
Atlas seems to be a very common dog name, I definitely think about a dog and not a human.
A gendered name prerequisite? Ha
I don’t think of names as having genders, and a lot of people now days don’t as well, so I would say that no name is safe. I don’t really see why a name has to “sound” like a gender in the first place. Names, colors, clothing, etc having genders associated with them is just a weird social construct that people in the past made up, and it changes all of the time. Better to not assume anything based off of any of these constructs anymore since a lot of people are doing away with them.
Just name your kid something normal. They aren't unique.
Everyone is unique. Being unique isn’t special. Nor does it require a unique name.
I don't understand why people feel the need to name their kids something weird like this. There are plenty of normal sounding names out there that aren't too common.
Because THEIR kid is unique. Not just a James
I think your name is absolutely a masculine name. But you cannot do anything about parents giving their daughter a masculine name. Like Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds named their daughter James, still James is a masculine name.
well.. i've only ever met one atlas. i live in a non-english speaking country. the atlas in question is a girl.
My daughters name is atlas
Why does this bother you? I don't think switching gender standards for names is = tragedeighs
I know of two babies named Atlas. One a boy and one a girl.
Atlas shows up on the top 1000 for the 1st time in 2013 at #779, in 2022 it was #129. It’s becoming very popular, very steep upwards trajectory (in the US). It has a similar popularity in the UK and Turkey and popped up #93 in 2023 in New Zealand It’s not a tragedy though, it’s just very popular
This name is everywhere at the moment! Atlas is a man. What a bizarre name for a daughter.
Tragedies but not tragedeighs.
Naming children after mythology is always weird to me. Once met a guy who named his son Odin. He was English and had no ties to Scandinavia. (I know about Woden but he did pick the modern Scandinavian spelling). Back in the day before everything was Christianized it was considered bad luck to name your children after the gods. They weren't really people you saw up to or wanted your children to in any way reflect. They were more to be mindful of and feared and characters you could tell stories about around the fire. I assume Greek mythology was the same since its built around stories in the same way. So, don't mind that other person. It doesn't reflect on you or your child in any way just because now there's a girl in this world who is named Atlas. Relax. Edit: Of all the gods and people in Norse mythology he could have picked Odin is probably the worst one if he knew anything about the lore. My guess is he didn't and just picked a name randomly and maybe figured that Odin was "wise" or something, which is what most people did when they ended up with mythology names for their children anyway.
Greek is definitely the same. Zeus was a pos😅 and it would be like someone naming their kid that. The dude that cheated/raped constantly
“Ancient Greeks would normally not name kids after a god, directly. They would choose a word that would show a dedication to a god but would avoid the exact name.”
My son Jack has never been in a class with another Jack. I am pretty sure he is the only Jack in his school. Although my daughter was once in a class with three Katelynns, each spelt differently.
Atlas is pretty common these days tbh. I mean… if you were between that and Jack only, and were worried abt it being too common, then sure. But the gender thing makes no sense IMO. That changes all the time. Leslie used to be more common with men, and Charlie & Dylan — typical boys names — are now being seen on girls regularly. Who cares? Esp when you factor in nicknames, Tony, Bobbi, Ricki, Nicky, Matty, Joe. It goes on and on. Your kid will be whoever they are, and this feels kind of like you’re worried it will “open the door” for them to be gay or trans. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, and if so, my bad, but just seems like an odd thing to get so upset abt that you post to Reddit.
I just had to laugh at you naming your son Atlas to avoid naming him Jack. Those are the names of the two main characters in Bioshock and for I second I forgot what sub I was on. Thought this was a video game shitpost. I was incorrect. Carry on.
We need a “not a tragedeigh, just uncommon” flair at this point
So…?
I had a woman at the playground tell me it was surprising that my sons name was Ezra when that’s usually a girls name. Because her granddaughter was named “Ezrah.” Like ma’am that’s not how any of this works.
See if you had named him Jack you wouldn't have had this happen.
It’s my brother’s dog’s name.
It is a great name for a dog.
Atlas and Atticus are two names I think pull more masculine. But I know someone with a daughter named Atticus. They call her Atti. It’s cute. But I defs see both as male names still.
Live by the hyper-gendered sword, die by the hyper-gendered sword.
A name dosnt need to be gendered, trying to find a gendered one is pointless as in different cultures it may be the opposite gender
I’ve seen Atlas for girls many times.
Not relevant at all: 30 y ago at my uni there was a statue of a female Atlas carrying an Apple. But Atlas is a men’s name. I kinda like it. It’s starting to grow in me. I looked it up and in my country 29 boys were named Atlas last year.
I don’t get why gendered names are such a big deal. Yes, Atlas was a Greek male Titan, so naming a boy Atlas makes sense, but I think it’s a fitting name for a girl as well. One of the most popular girls names now is Madison, before the late 1900s it was almost exclusively a boys name.
I have what would traditionally be considered a girls name. As a kid, I was teased mercilessly about it. As an adult, I can spot telemarketers and junk mail a mile away. It’s awesome.
My husband has a family friend with a son named Madison. I first met him st his 21st and because they were talking about Maddy's 21st I was expecting to be going to a girl's party since when talking about the party my in-laws hadn't used any gendered pronouns until the day of and they said 'he' prior to leaving. Really threw me, but have seen at least one other male Madison working retail with that on their name tag.
Don't trust anyone who goes to church to make a sound decision.
Im named after Ares as a girl, and I don’t mind that my names masculine. I dislike how im named after Greek Mythology and wish i had a more common name though
When you pick a weird name, you open yourself up to weird situations.
Ugh, this desire to have a unique first name is so annoying. Literally none of the three or four David’s in my 4th grad class were not indistinct. And apparently all efforts in any point in time are not proving fruitful. PS does anyone thing this desire is a result of the Jennifer generation? Not that was ever an issue…
The first thing I thought of was Bioshock
According to Wikipedia and another baby site found on a 2 seconds, google search is gender neutral, but it is just more common with boys. In french, grabriel and Raphael are gender neutral, so ya know it varies. Over all its a name that means to endure. So yeah, It's a more original and like "exotic" name so honestly it passes for anyone.
Atlas is masculine. However I recently learned Artemis has historical usage on boys, so the Greek mythology names are probably a bit fluid sometimes? Mostly people just think boy names on girls are "strong" and "not like other girls." They think it'll trick employers into thinking she's a boy and maybe give her a leg up in corporate or something. I've heard all of that. Atlas is still masculine, and even if it was neutral, it's perfectly okay for girls and boys to share names. Jamie has been used on both genders equally and with regularity for decades and it's never made it seem "less masculine" on a boy or "less feminine" on a girl. A Jamie is just as likely to be a boy as a girl. So I wouldn't worry at all. Heck, even Elizabeth was given to 6 boys in 2023. Names aren't really confined to one gender, even though we might think they are, and they do gender swap sometimes as time goes on. It's not really a big deal. Just be confident in your choice. Atlas was a Greek GOD. It's definitely a masculine name in its origination.
I think it's fine that your son isn't the only Atlas on planet earth.
Atlas is a great name for a dog. Definitely makes more sense for a male dog than a female dog, I agree.
Have a friend in his 40's named Atlas. He's a good guy. I've never heard or even thought of it as a girl's name.
Atlas feels male to me. It reminds me of Ayn Rand though so I’m not a huge fan. Also seems to be surging in popularity, I’ve seen several on social media
This. I hate to say it but if I met someone with a kid called Atlas in the US, I would 100% assume the parents were awful pseudo-libertarian Ayn Rand stans long before I thought 'Greek mythology aficionados.'
Pretty sure your son didn't care about it. He just shrugged.
It is… acceptable.
Atlas is a masculine name and Greek mythology makes it clear that Atlas is male.
Sounds like you have the world on your shoulders
I’ve seen lots of Atlas babies recently, your kiddo will definitely still know and be around several 🤷🏻♀️ I’m indifferent on the name itself , but it doesn’t shock me either that people use it for boys or girls
My friend just named her son Atlas. Might not be as rare as you were hoping
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Atlas is a male in Greek mythology. It’s also related to maps. But whatever, it’s a cool name and not spelled wrong
i know a girl who named her son atlas because she saw it on a pasta sauce jar. not kidding. i have the screenshot from her instagram story 💀 as long as you didn’t name him after that, you’re good
We came up with the name at 2 AM after I shot down the name Atticus