Given name
Arkadij
“resident of Arcadia”
Arkadij is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Dutch.
Original RussianАркадий
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arkadij is a romanization of Аркадий. Аркадий goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀρκάς, meaning “resident of Arcadia.”
Explained through its name family
Arkadij’s family of names
In Polish usage, Arkadij has a conventional equivalent in the English form ARCADY. In Russian usage, Arkadij is a transliteration of Аркадий.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arkadij
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