Meaning: Its source is a Hungarian expression meaning "Father."

Languages: This boy's name is used in Hungarian.

Narrative: Many authorities derive this name from the Latin family name Attilius, whose meaning has been lost.

However, the Tartar word ata, meaning ''father-like,'' seems a likely element in the name of the leader who led the Magyar people (also known as the Huns) into central Europe as the Roman Empire fell.