Maenchen-Helfen notes that this derivation of the name "offers neither phonetic nor semantic difficulties", and Gerhard Doerfer notes that the name is simply correct Gothic. Alexander Savelyev and Choongwon Jeong (2020) similarly state that Attila's name "must have been Gothic in origin." The name has sometimes been interpreted as a Germanization of a name of Hunnic origin.
Maenchen-Helfen mentions that this derivation of the name "presents no phonetic or semantic problems", and Gerhard Doerfer observes that the name is simply correct in Gothic. Alexander Savelyev and Choongwon Jeong (2020) also state that Attila's name "must have been of Gothic origin." The name has sometimes been interpreted as a German variation of a name from Hunnic origin.