Atticus (given name)
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 Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Brock Peters as defendant Tom Robinson in a scene from To Kill a Mockingbird. | |
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "From Attica" |
Atticus is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning "from Attica."[1][2] The name is often used in reference to Atticus Finch, a heroic lawyer who represents an African American man accused of rape by a white woman in a racist Southern United States town in Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Usage of the name continued to increase even after the publication of the 2015 sequel Go Set a Watchman, a novel which presents a more conflicted version of Atticus Finch who also holds racist beliefs.[3][4][5][6] The name has been steadily increasing in usage in the United States. It has been among the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States since 2004 and among the top 300 since 2020.[7]
