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Анатолий
“east”·“dawn”·“sunrise”
Анатолий (Anatólij) is a masculine given name from Greek (ultimately Ancient Greek), meaning “east”, “dawn”, “sunrise.” It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Anatoly.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Анатолий comes from Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Анатолий developed from Ἀνατολή.
Анатолий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Анатолий has a diminutive in То́ля. In Russian usage, Анатолий shares a linguistic root with the French form Anatole. In Russian usage, Анатолий has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anatoly.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Анатолий has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Анатолий comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Анатолий
- Anatoly KarpovRussian chess playerborn 1951
- Anatoly LunacharskyRussian Soviet revolutionary, politician and writer (1875–1933)
- Anatoly SobchakRussian politician (1937–2000)
- Anatoly FomenkoRussian mathematicianborn 1945
- Anatoly ChubaisRussian politician (1955–)
- Anatoli PapanovSoviet actor (1922–1987)
- Anatoly SerdyukovRussian politicianborn 1962
- Anatoly RybakovSoviet and Russian writer (1911–1998)
- Anatoly BerezovoySoviet cosmonaut (1942–2014)
Characters named Анатолий: Anatole Kuragin (Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace).
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Similar names
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