Atalanta as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Atalanta

What is the meaning of the name Atalanta ?

The baby name Atalanta is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌætəˈlæntə/ (at-uh-LAN-tuh).

Atalanta is Greek in Origin.

Atalanta is the Latinized form of Ancient Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalantē), from ἀτάλαντος (atalantos) “equal in weight; a peer,” implying “equal in valor” or “a match for any.” In Greek myth she is the fleet‑footed huntress of Arcadia (and Boeotia), famed for the Calydonian Boar Hunt and the footrace won by Hippomenes with golden apples, so the name also evokes swiftness and independence.

As a given name it remained rare outside the classical world, surfacing intermittently in Renaissance literature and gaining some Victorian visibility through Swinburne’s Atalanta in Calydon (1865). Today it is an uncommon choice in English, Greek, and Italian. Variants and cognates include Atalante (French), Atalantē (scholarly transliteration), and Modern Greek Atalanti; related diminutives are Tally/Tallie, Lana, Lanta, and Ata. The meaning is typically rendered “equal, balanced, a peer,” with mythic overtones of speed and prowess.