# Anatoli (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anatoli/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “sunrise” |
| Pronunciation | /æ.nəˈtɑ.li/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Anatoliy, Anatoly |
| US babies named this | 6 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Анато́лий (Anatólij), from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with English Anatole and Latin Anatolius.

## What it means

Anatoli is grouped under dawn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 11,075 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَنَاتُولِي
- Armenian: Անատոլի
- Bulgarian: Анато́лий
- Chinese: 阿納托利 /阿纳托利, 阿納托里
- Esperanto: Anatolo
- Finnish: Anatoli
- French: Anatoli, Anatole
- Georgian: ანატოლი
- German: Anatoli, Anatol
- Greek: Ανατολή
- Hebrew: אנטולי
- Hindi: अनातोली, अनाटोली
- Japanese: アナトーリー, アナトリー
- Korean: 아나톨리
- Latvian: Anatolijs
- Lithuanian: Anatolijus
- Polish: Anatol
- Portuguese: Anatoli, Anatóli
- Russian: Анато́лий
- Ukrainian: Анато́лій, Анато́ль

## People named Anatoli

- Anatoli Krikun, Estonian basketball player and coach (born 1948)
- Anatoliy Mushchinka, German association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.