Meanings
- A male given name from Latin.
A son, Atticus Noble Stewart, was born to Tracey Williams and Joseph Stewart of Silver Spring.
2002 December 26, “Montgomery Birth Announcements”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
... yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law, and his younger brother went to Boston to study medicine.
1960, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, Random House, published 2014, →ISBNShe will be dearly missed by her […] great-great-grandchildren Lunabella, Atticus and Loki, […]
2019 August 21, “[Obituaries] Lila M. Smith”, in Globe Gazette, volume 160, number 200, Mason City, Ia., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 5
Origin
- Ancient GreekἈττῐκός
- LatinAtticus“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”
- EnglishAtticus
From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
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Catalan Àtic
- Àticmale given name
Italian Attico
- Atticomale given name
Portuguese Ático
- Áticomale given name
Spanish Ático
- Áticomale given name
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Cite this entry
Atticus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atticus
“Atticus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atticus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atticus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atticus.
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