Boy · Latin, from Greek
Atticus
Say it: AT-ih-kus
Meaning
Latin atticus 'of Attica', the region around Athens.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Roman cognomen that came into use as an American given name after Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 12,161 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 1,500 boys
- 1,113 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Titus Pomponius Atticus, friend of Cicero
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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