Atli is an

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

masculine personal name, and may refer to:

People

* Atli the Slender, a 9th-century earl of Sogn, Norway *

Atli Viðar Björnsson Atli Viðar Björnsson (born 4 January 1980) is an Icelandic retired footballer, who mostly played for FH. Since joining FH in 2001, he played more than 300 matches for the club in all competitions. During the 2007 season, Atli spent four mont ...

(born 1980), Icelandic footballer *

Atli Dam Atli Pætursson Dam (12 September 1932 – 7 February 2005) was a Faroese politician who served as Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands on three occasions, most recently from 1991 to 1993. To this date, he is the longest-serving Prime Minister in ...

(1932–2005), five-time prime minister of the Faroe Islands * Atli Gíslason (born 1947), Icelandic politician *

Atli Guðnason Atli Guðnason (born 28 September 1984) is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a winger or a striker. Club career He made his first team debut for FH in 2004, establishing himself in the side in the 2006 season after spending some t ...

(born 1984), Icelandic footballer * Atli Þór Héðinsson (born 1953), Icelandic former footballer * Atli Örvarsson (born 1970), Icelandic film score composer *

Atli Heimir Sveinsson Atli Heimir Sveinsson (21 September 1938 – 20 April 2019) was an Icelandic composer. Atli Heimir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland and started piano lessons at the age of 10. He studied piano with Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson at the Reykjavík Co ...

(born 1938), Icelandic composer

Fictional or mythological characters

* Atli,

Attila Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and ...

in Old Norse legendary literature * Atli, one of the names of the Norse god Thor * Atli, in ''

Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar "Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar" ("Lay of Helgi Hjörvarðsson") is a poem collected in the ''Poetic Edda'', found in the Codex Regius manuscript where it follows ''Helgakviða Hundingsbana I'' and precedes ''Helgakviða Hundingsbana II''. The porti ...

'', a poem in the Poetic Edda * Atli Buðlason, a character in the heroic poems in the Poetic Edda and in ''

Völsunga saga The ''Völsunga saga'' (often referred to in English as the ''Volsunga Saga'' or ''Saga of the Völsungs'') is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century poetic rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the st ...

'', believed to be a romanticized version of Attila the Hun * Atli, a character in Marvel comics * Atli Hringsson * Atli Iðmundsson

People

Fictional or mythological characters

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