Two origins of the name "Attila" have been proposed: East Germanic or Turkic/Mongolic. In East Germanic origin, it would be formed from the Gothic or Gepidic noun atta, "father", by means of the diminutive suffix -ila, meaning "little father". If the name derives from a Turkic origin, it comes from attíl- with the meaning "the oceanic, universal ruler".
Attila the Hun was the name of the feared ruler of the Hunnic Empire and leader of the Huns.
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