Anatoly

Not to be confused with Anatolia.

Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanized: Anatoliy,^[1] Ukrainian: Анато́лій, romanized: Anatolii) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (Ἀνατόλιος), meaning "he of the sunrise", from ἀνατολή anatolē, "sunrise".^[2]

Anatoly

Pronunciation	Ukrainian: [ɐnɐˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾ij] Russian: [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj]
Gender	Male
Languages	Russian, Ukrainian
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Sunrise
Other names
Variant forms	Anatoli, Anatolii, Anatoliy
Derived	Anatolios
Related names	Anatole Anatol Anatolio

Anatoly was one of the five most popular names for baby boys born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2004.^[3]

People

• Anatoly (born 1999), Ukrainian weightlifter
• Anatoli Agrofenin (born 1980), Russian footballer
• Anatolii Brezvin (born 1956), Ukrainian businessman, politician, and ice hockey executive
• Anatoly Ivanovich Akishin (born 1926), Soviet-Russian scientist
• Anatoli Aslamov (born 1953), Russian football coach
• Anatoli Balaluyev (born 1976), Russian footballer
• Anatoly Balchev (born 1946), Russian composer and actor
• Anatoli Bashashkin (1924–2002), Russian footballer
• Anatoli Blagonravov (1895–1975), Russian physicist
• Anatoli Bogdanov (born 1981), Russian footballer
• Anatoli Boisa (born 1983), Georgian basketball player
• Anatoli Boukreev (1958–1997), Russian climber
• Anatoli Bugorski (born 1942), Russian scientist
• Anatoli Bulakov (1930–1994), Soviet boxer
• Anatoly Bulgakov, Russian footballer
• Anatoly Chepiga (born 1979), Russian intelligence officer
• 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
• Anatoly Filipchenko (1928–2022), Soviet cosmonaut
• Anatoli Firsov (1941–2000), Russian ice hockey player
• Anatoly Fomenko (born 1945), Russian mathematician
• Anatoli Aleksandrovich Grishin (born 1986), Russian footballer
• Anatolii Horelik (1890–1956), Ukrainian activist
• Anatoli Ivanishin (born 1969), Russian cosmonaut
• Anatoly Kaigorodov (1878-1945), Russian painter
• Anatoly Karatsuba (1937–2008), Russian mathematician
• Anatoly Karpov (born 1951), Russian chess grandmaster (World Champion)
• Anatoly Kononenko (1935–2010), Soviet sprint canoer
• Anatoly Khrupov, Soviet photographer
• Anatoly Aleksandrovich Kuzovnikov (1922-2004), Soviet-Russian physicist
• Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914), Russian composer
• Anatoly Moskvin (born 1966), Russian former linguist, philologist, and historian
• 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 (1960–2010), Russian photographer and artist
• Anatoly Oleksandrovich Romanchuk (1944-2023), Soviet-Ukrainian politician
• Anatoly Samoilenko (1938–2020), Russian mathematician
• Anatoly Shariy (born 1978), Ukrainian investigative journalist
• Anatoly Slivko (1938–1989), Soviet serial killer
• Anatoly Sobchak (1937–2000), Russian politician
• Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934–1982), Russian actor
• Anatoly Stessel (1848–1915), Russian military leader
• Anatoli Tarasov (1918–1995), Russian ice hockey player and coach
• Anatoly Vladimirovich Treskin (1905-1986), Soviet art restorer and artist
• Anatoliy Tomkiv (1954–2025), Ukrainian journalist
• Anatoliy Tymoschuk (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer
• Anatoly Vaneyev (1872–1899), Russian revolutionary
• Anatoly Vishevsky (born 1954), American scholar of Russian literature
• Anatoly Lavrentievich Vysotsky (1924-1996), Soviet-Ukrainian artist
• Anatoly Zimon (1924–2015), Russian professor

Fictional

• Anatoli Knyazev (also known as KGBeast), a fictional character appearing in DC Comics
• Anatoli (Anatole) Kuragin, a character in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace
• Anatoly Sergievsky, from the musical Chess
• Anatoly Novoseltsev, a main character in the 1977 Russian film 'Office Romance' and the later 2011 remake 'Office Romance. Our Time' where he was played by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the now president of Ukraine.

See also

• Anastasia