Given name · also Russian
Anatolijus
“east, sunrise”
Anatolijus is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anatolijus goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀνατόλιος, meaning “east, sunrise.”
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Where it comes from
Anatolijus comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Anatolijus developed from Ἀνατόλιος.
Anatolijus’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Anatolijus shares a linguistic root with the Latin form Anatolius. In Lithuanian usage, Anatolijus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anatoli. In Lithuanian usage, Anatolijus shares a linguistic root with the Belarusian form Анатоль.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Anatolijus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Anatolijus comes from · 1 name
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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