anatoly

Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanized: Anatoliy [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj], 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."
Saint Anatolius of Constantinople was a fifth-century saint who became the first patriarch of Constantinople in 451.
Anatoly was one of the five most popular names for baby boys born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2004. Approximately one in every 35,110 Americans is named Anatoly, with a popularity rate of 28.48 per million.
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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