# Atticus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,196

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin.

## Etymology
From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic.

## Easily confused with
- **attic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-atticus)
- **antics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/antics-vs-atticus)
- **amicus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amicus-vs-atticus)
- **Attica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attica-vs-atticus)
- **attacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attacks-vs-atticus)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aticus`, `atitcus`, `attcius`, `atticcus`, `atticsu`, `atticuss`, `attiucs`, `taticus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/atticus