Atli (first name)
Atli is an Icelandic and Faroese masculine given name .
Origin and meaning
Atli is originally an Old Norse variant of the name Attila . In Iceland, Atli was among the 50 most common names in 2011.
Next to it is Atli also one of the epithet Thor .
Name bearer
- Atli Pætursson Dam (1932-2005), Faroese politician (Javnaðarflokkurin)
- Atli Danielsen (* 1983), Faroese football player
- Atli Eðvaldsson (1957–2019), Icelandic football player and football coach
- Atli Gíslason (* 1947), Icelandic politician
- Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938–2019), Icelandic composer and conductor
- Atli Örvarsson (* 1970), Icelandic film composer
See also
- Hun king Attila , sometimes also called Atli, for example in the Atlilied
- Atlason
- Atladóttir