Arkady

  • [ ahr-KAH-dee ]
  • Russian
Variant transcription of ARKADIY. This is the name of one of the main characters in Ivan Turgenev's 'Fathers and Sons' (1862).

ARKADIY   male   Russian
Russian form of ARKADIOS.
ARKADIOS   male   Ancient Greek
From an ancient Greek name meaning "of Arcadia". Arcadia was a region in Greece, its name deriving from αρκτος (arktos) "bear". This was the name of a 3rd-century saint and martyr.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Arcadius, Arkadios
POLISH: Arkadiusz
RUSSIAN: Arkadi, Arkadiy
FEMININE FORMS
VARIOUS: Arcadia