Attis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Attis

What is the meaning of the name Attis ?

The baby name Attis is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AT-iss (English: /ˈætɪs/).

Attis is in Origin.

Attis is a male name of Phrygian (Anatolian) origin, recorded in Greek as Ἄττις and Latin as Attis; the parallel Greek form Ἄτυς (Atys) also appears in historiography. Its meaning is uncertain: scholars have proposed links to the widespread Anatolian root atta “father,” but no consensus exists. Related forms include Atys (Greek/Latin) and Atis (a later Baltic usage), with Attis the most familiar in English.

In antiquity Attis was known as the youthful consort of Cybele, the Great Mother, central to Phrygian and later Greco-Roman religious practice. His cult spread to the Greek world and, after Cybele’s introduction to Rome in 204 BCE, became prominent through festivals like the Hilaria. Classical authors such as Catullus (poem 63), Ovid, and Pausanias recount his myth. As a personal name, Attis remained rare historically but sees modern revival for its mythic, nature-linked resonance.