Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Atla
“fierce”
Atla is a feminine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Atla comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Atla, from Proto-Germanic *Attilô.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Atla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Atla’s family of names
In Greek usage, Atla as a surname is a transliteration of Άτλα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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