Anatoly
Meaning of Anatoly
The name Anatoly is a distinguished male name of Russian origin, pronounced as uh-NAH-tuh-lee (/əˈnɑtəli/). It derives from the Greek name Anatolios, meaning "sunrise" or "east," symbolizing new beginnings and hope. Variations of the name include Anatol and Anatoli. While not commonly found in the United States, its unique charm has seen occasional use over the years, with sporadic occurrences noted in official records. For instance, it was given to five newborns in both 2022 and 2005, ranking at 12,313 and 11,471 respectively. The highest recorded usage within recent decades was in 2001 when six babies were named Anatoly, placing it at rank 9,242. This rare yet meaningful name carries with it a sense of cultural richness and historical depth that might appeal to parents looking for something distinctive yet profound for their child.
Pronunciation
Russian
- Pronunced as uh-NAH-tuh-lee (/əˈnɑtəli/)
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Notable People Named Anatoly
| Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, World Chess Champion, and politician with numerous accolades in the world of chess. |
| Anatoly Borisovich Chubais is a prominent Russian politician and economist known for his role in privatization and the introduction of a market economy in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. |
| Anatoly Yuryevich Moskvin is a former Russian linguist and historian who was arrested in 2011 after the mummified bodies of twenty-six girls and women were found in his apartment, which he had exhumed from local cemeteries, mummified, and posed around his home. |
| Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak was a prominent Russian politician, the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor to future presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. |
| Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov was a Soviet engineer known for his involvement in the Chernobyl disaster and subsequent imprisonment. |
| Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov, a Russian ice hockey player and coach, is known as "the father of Russian ice hockey" and played a significant role in establishing the Soviet Union national team as a dominant force in international competition. |
| Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin was a Russian military officer who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces and later as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District. |
| Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is a Russian military officer and diplomat, currently serving as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States. |
| Anatoly Sergeevich Chernyaev was a prominent Russian politician and writer, known for his role as a foreign-policy advisor to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev during 1986-1991. |
| Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiyev was a Russian researcher and founder of Sambo, a martial art technique developed in the Soviet Union. He was also a Merited Master of Sports and Honored Coach of Sports of the USSR. |
| Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov was a Russian Communist politician and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, known for his involvement in the founding of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and for publishing books of poetry. |
| Anatoly Timofeevich Zverev, a Russian artist and a key figure in the non-conformist movement, is known for founding Russian Expressionism in the 1960s and lived his entire life in Moscow. |
| Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov was a prominent Soviet and Ukrainian writer known for his anti-Stalinist novels and popular children's books, with his memoir The Novel of Memoirs reflecting on his life and encounters, and he is the grandfather of writer Maria Rybakova. |
| Anatoly Iosifovich Lavrentiev was a Soviet diplomat who served as the head of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet government from 8 March 1944 to 13 March 1946 and was a member of the CPSU (b). |
| Anatoly Illarionovich Shirshov was a Soviet mathematician known for his work on free Lie algebras and the proof of the Shirshov–Witt theorem. |
