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Арсений
Арсений is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Arsenius.
Meaning & origin
Арсений’s family of names
In Russian usage, Арсений has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Arsenio. In Russian usage, Арсений has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Arsen. In Russian usage, Арсений has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form Arsenie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Арсений has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
16 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Арсений
- Arseny TarkovskySoviet poet and translator (1907–1989)
- Arseny ZverevSoviet politician (1900–1969)
- Arseny KoreshchenkoRussian classical music composer1870–1921
- Arseny VorozheykinSoviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1914-2001)
- Arseni GritsyukRussian ice hockey playerborn 2001
- Arseny Golenishchev-KutuzovRussian writer (1848–1913)
- Arseny SokolovRussian Physicist (1910–1986)
- Arseny AvraamovRussian composer (1886-1944)
- Arseniy NesterovRussian chess playerborn 2003
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