# Anatolius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anatolius/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Anatolius, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Name of early saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

## What it means

Anatolius is grouped under dawn.

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَنَاتُولِي
- Armenian: Անատոլի
- Bulgarian: Анатолий
- Chinese: 阿納托利 /阿纳托利, 阿納托里
- Esperanto: Anatolo
- French: Anatole
- German: Anatol
- Greek: Ανατολή
- Hebrew: אנטולי
- Hindi: अनातोली, अनाटोली
- Hungarian: Anatol
- Italian: Anatolio
- Japanese: アナトーリー, アナトリー
- Polish: Anatol
- Portuguese: Anatólio
- Russian: Анато́лий
- Spanish: Anatolio
- Ukrainian: Анатолій, Анатоль

## 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.