Anatoly

ah-nuh-TO-lee

Russian, from Greek

"from the east, rising sun"

Anatoly Origin and Meaning

The name Anatoly is a boy's name of Russian origin meaning "from the east, rising sun".

A sweet and gentle-sounding Russian name with a sunny meaning, typically nicknamed Tolya in Russia. It can also be written as Anatoli or Anatoliy.

Anatoly Popularity

• 1557 Nameberry 2023

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Famous People Named Anatoly

• Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov Russian chess grandmaster and World Champion
• Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky Russian Marxist revolutionary
• Anatoly Borisovich Chubais former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak Russian politician; former Mayor of St. Petersburg
• Anatoly Tikhonovich Marchenko Russian Soviet dissident
• Anatoly Kudryavitsky Russian,Irish novelist
• Anatoly Lyadov Russian composer

Anatoly in Pop Culture

• Anatoly Sergievsky character in the musical Chess