Given name · Russian
Аркадий
“resident of Arcadia”
Аркадий (Arkádij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Arcadius.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Аркадий goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀρκάς, meaning “resident of Arcadia.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Аркадий developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀρκάδιος. In Russian usage, Аркадий developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀρκάς.
Аркадий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Аркадий has a diminutive in Арка́ша. In Russian usage, Аркадий developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀρκάδιος. In Russian usage, Аркадий has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Arcadio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Аркадий has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Аркадий
- Arkady GaidarSoviet children's writer (1904–1941)
- Arkady AverchenkoRussian comic and satirical writer, theatre critic (1881–1925)1880–1925
- Arkady DvorkovichRussian economistborn 1972
- Arkady BabchenkoRussian journalistborn 1977
- Arkady RaikinSoviet actor (1911-1987)
- Arkady RotenbergRussian businessman and oligarchborn 1951
- Arkadij NaiditschLatvian-German chess playerborn 1985
- Arkady LuxemburgAmerican composerborn 1939
- Arkady VolozhRussian businessmanborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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