Atlas

Where Atlas comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Atlas.

Atlas through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1913
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1942
    Atlas Ramachandran born
    Indian businessman and actor
  4. 1982
    Atlas Saarikoski born
    Finnish journalist and activist
  5. 2025
    Peak, #75
    4,413 babies named Atlas, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Atlas Saarikoski · Finnish journalist and activist, born 1982
  • Atlas Ramachandran · Indian businessman and actor, 1942–2022
  • Atlas Crusius · mayor of Chemnitz, 1606–1679

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.