Given name · Ukrainian
Геннадій
Геннадій (Hennádij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Gennadìj.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Γεννάδιος, built from Ancient Greek γεννάδας (“noble”) + -ιος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Геннадій’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Геннадій has a transliteration in Gennadìj. In Ukrainian usage, Геннадій can be written in the Roman alphabet as Hennádij. In Ukrainian usage, Геннадій has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Геннадий.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Геннадій
- Hennadiy LytovchenkoUkrainian footballerborn 1963
- Hennadiy AvdyeyenkoUkrainian high jumperborn 1963
- Hennadiy UdovenkoUkrainian politician and diplomat (1931-2013)
- Gennadiy TrukhanovUkrainian former politicianborn 1965
- Hennadiy MoskalUkrainian politician (1950–2024)
- Hennadiy OrbuUkrainian footballerborn 1970
- Hennadiy ZubkoUkrainian politicianborn 1967
- Hennadii ShapovalovUkrainian soldierborn 1978
- Hennadiy PopovychFootballer (1973-2010)
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