Given name
Anatoly
“born with the break of day”
Anatoly is a variant of Anatole. One Greek interpretation is “born with the break of day.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anatoly is a variant of Anatole. One Greek interpretation is “born with the break of day.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anatoly is a variant of Anatole. Anatole has been associated with Late Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Anatoly is a variant of Anatole. The history of Anatole gives this family its wider story. Anatole’s historical associations include an early bishop of Cahors and a 9th-century Scottish bishop.
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Anatoly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 43 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,960 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,960 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,768 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anatoly’s family of names
In English usage, Anatoly has a related form in Anatoli. Anatoly has a related form in Anatole. In English usage, Anatoly has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Anatol.
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Around the world
Anatoly has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Anatoliyequivalent
- AnatolPolish
- Anatolieequivalent
- Anatolioequivalent
- Anatoliiequivalent
- Анатольequivalent
- Анатолійequivalent
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People named Anatoly
- 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 Anatoly: Anatole Kuragin (Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace).
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