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What Atticus Means and Where the Name Comes From

By Emma Davies

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Atticus is a Latinized form of a Greek name meaning “from Attica,” the region around Athens. Its meaning points to a place.

What Does the Name Atticus Mean

Many English readers know Atticus from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. That literary association is one part of the name’s appeal alongside its geographical roots.

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