Given name
Arcadius
“from an ideal country paradise”
Arcadius is a variant of Arcadio. One Greek interpretation is “from an ideal country paradise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arcadius is a variant of Arcadio. One Greek interpretation is “from an ideal country paradise.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arcadius is a variant of Arcadio. An origin associated with Arcadio is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Arcadius developed from Ἀρκάδιος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arcadius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 77 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,312 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,312 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arcadius’s family of names
In English usage, Arcadius shares a linguistic root with the Latvian form Arkādijs. Arcadius has a related form in Arcadio. In English usage, Arcadius has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Arcadio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arcadius has relatives in 11 languages.
10 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Arkadyequivalent
- ArkadiuszPolish
- Arkádequivalent
- АркадийRussian, Bulgarian
- Arkādijscognate · Latvian
- Ἀρκάδιοςroot · Ancient Greek
- Арка́дийRussian
- ArcádioPortuguese
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