Atle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Asle (tl > sl)
• Atl, Alt (variants with apocope)

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

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Atla
2. (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