Anatoly

Anatoly
Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer
GenderMale
Language(s)Russian, Ukrainian
Origin
Word/nameGreek
MeaningSunrise
Other names
Variant form(s)Anatoliy, Anatolii
DerivedAnatolios
Related namesAnatoli

Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanizedAnatólij [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj],[1] Ukrainian: Анато́лій, romanizedAnatólij [ɐnɐˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾ij]) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name Ανατολιος Anatolios, meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Anatoliy and Anatoli. The Ukrainian transliteration is Anatoliy or Anatolii. The French version of the name is Anatole. Other variants are Anatol and more rarely Anatolio.

Saint Anatolius of Alexandria was a fifth-century saint who became the first patriarch of Constantinople in 451.[2]

Anatoly was one of the five most popular names for baby boys born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2004.[3] One in every 35,110 Americans are named Anatoly and the popularity of the name Anatoly is 28.48 people per million.[4]

The name of Anatolia – a vast plateau that occupies a large portion of Asia Minor in modern day Turkey – shares the same linguistic origin.

People

  • Anatoly Moskvin (born 1966), Russian former linguist, philologist, and historian

Fictional

  • Anatoli Knyazev (also known as KGBeast), a fictional character appearing in DC Comics
  • Anatoli (Anatole) Kuragin, a character in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace
  • Anatoly Sergievsky, from the musical Chess

Notes

  1. ^ Behind the Name
  2. ^ Behind the Name
  3. ^ St. Petersburg (Russia) Times.More Babies Born Last Year, But Birthrate Low Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on February 16, 2008.
  4. ^ Poke My Name.com
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