Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanized: Anatoliy [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj],[1] Ukrainian: Анато́лій, romanized: Anatolii [ɐnɐˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾ij]) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (Ανατολιος), meaning "sunrise."
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AnatolyGender | Male |
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Language(s) | Russian, Ukrainian |
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Word/name | Greek |
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Meaning | Sunrise |
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Variant form(s) | Anatoli, Anatolii, Anatoliy |
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Derived | Anatolios |
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Related names | Anatole Anatol Anatolio |
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Saint Anatolius of Constantinople was a fifth-century saint who became the first patriarch of Constantinople in 451.[2]
Anatoly was one of the five most popular names for baby boys born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2004.[3] Approximately one in every 35,110 Americans is named Anatoly, with a popularity rate of 28.48 per million.[4]
The name of Anatolia – a vast plateau that occupies a large portion of Asia Minor in modern-day Turkey – shares the same linguistic origin.
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- Anatoly Chubais (born 1955), Russian politician
- Anatoli Davydov (born 1953), Russian football coach
- Anatoly Demitkov (1926–2005), Soviet canoeist
- Anatoly Dobrynin (1919–2010), Russian politician
- Anatoli Droga (born 1969), Ukrainian judoka
- Anatoly Dyatlov (1931–1995), Russian nuclear engineer.
- Anatoli Fedotov (born 1966), Soviet ice hockey player
- Anatoli Fedyukin (1952–2020), Russian handball player
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- Anatoly Fomenko (born 1945), Russian mathematician
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- Anatoly Karpov (born 1951), Russian chess grandmaster (World Champion)
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- Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914), Russian composer
- Anatoli Nankov (born 1969), Bulgarian footballer and a coach
- Anatoly Onoprienko (1959–2013), prolific Ukrainian serial killer and mass murderer
- Anatoly Papanov (1922–1987), Soviet actor
- Anatoly Puzach (1941–2006), Soviet-Ukrainian former footballer and coach
- Anatoly Rasskazov (born 1960), Russian photographer and artist
- Anatoly Samoilenko (1938–2020), Russian mathematician
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- Anatoly Slivko (1938–1989), Soviet serial killer
- Anatoly Sobchak (1937–2000), Russian politician
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- Anatoly Stessel (1848–1915), Russian military leader
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- Anatoli Tarasov (1918–1995), Russian ice hockey player and coach
- Anatoly Vaneyev (1872–1899), Russian revolutionary
- Anatoly Moskvin (born 1966), Russian former linguist, philologist, and historian