Atle
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse Atli, from late Proto-Germanic *Attilô, diminutive of *attô (“father”). See Attila. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Atli.
As a given name also from atall (“fierce”) as a heiti for the god Thor, and a short form of names beginning with Atl- (e.g. Atlak, a variant of Aslak).
Proper noun
Atle m
- a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Atla
- (historical) Attila the Hun (a feared enemy of the Roman Empire)
See also
- hun (“Hun”)
References
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 40