Atari

Israeli surname; Japanese
"son of the chemist; I'm about to win"

Atari Origin and Meaning

The name Atari is a girl's name meaning "son of the chemist; I'm about to win".

Atari debuted for girls in 1980, a year after it appeared on the charts for boys. It's not a Japanese given name, instead, the name was influenced by the video game company. Atari named themselves after a Japanese phrase, atari, used in the ancient Chinese game Go. It means, roughly, "I am about to win," and is said in a similar context to which one would say "checkmate" in chess.

Atari is also an Israeli surname derived from the Arabic and Sephardic surname Atar, meaning "chemist" or "apothecary."