Arkady

Russian from Greek
"from Arcadia"

Arkady Origin and Meaning

The name Arkady is a boy's name meaning "from Arcadia".

Arkady is a rhythmic Russian saint's name from the Greek meaning "from Arcadia." As a literary name, it belongs to a genteel character in Turgenev's Fathers and Sons and a much less benign one in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, and is also a key figure in Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith.

Arkady Popularity

Famous People Named Arkady

  • Arkady Fiedler
    Polish writer, journalist and adventurer
  • Arkady Strugatsky
    Russian science fiction novelist
  • Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan
    Armenian footballer
  • Arkady Gaidar
    Russian children's author
  • Arkady Shilkloper
    Russian musician
  • Arkady Ilyich Ostashev
    Russian aerospace engineer
  • Arkady Romanovitch Rotenberg
    Russian oligarch
  • Arkady Ivanovich Volsky
    Russian politician

Arkady in Pop Culture

  • Arkady Kirsanov
    friend to Evgeni Bazarov in Otsy i Deti (Fathers and Sons) (1862) by Ivan Turgenev