Anatol is a masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Ἀνατόλιος ''Anatolius'', meaning "sunrise". The Russian version of the name is

Anatoly Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

(also transliterated as Anatoliy and Anatoli). The French version is Anatole. A rarer variant is

Anatolio Anatolio is a masculine given name, a rare variant of "Anatoly Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', m ...

. Saint Anatolius of Laodicea was a third-century saint from Alexandria in Egypt.''Anatolius''
in ''Behind the Name''.

Anatolius Anatolius is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Anatolius of Laodicea (died 283), Bishop of Laodicea in Syria, also known as Anatolius of Alexandria * Anatolius, Vicarius of the Diocese of Asia in 35 ...

was also the name of the first

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

People

Notable people with the name include: * Anatol Chiriac (born 1947), Moldovan composer * Anatol Ciobanu (born 1934), Moldovan professor * Anatol Codru (1936–2010), Moldovan writer *

Anatol Dumitraș Anatol Dumitraș (November 14, 1955 – June 14, 2016) was a Moldovan singer. Discography * ''Sus paharul'' (2000) * ''Ultima seară'' (2003) * ''Azi la masa mare'' (2005) * ''Anii mei, destinul meu'' (2007) * ''Roata vieții'' (2008) Referen ...

(1955–2016), Moldovan singer *

Anatol E. Baconsky Anatol E. Baconsky (; June 16, 1925 – March 4, 1977), also known as A. E. Bakonsky, Baconschi or Baconski, was a Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher, literary and art critic. Praised for his late approach to poetry ...

(1925–1977), Romanian poet *

Anatol Fejgin Anatol Fejgin (25 September 1909 – 28 July 2002) was a Polish communist activist before World War II, and after 1949, commander of the Stalinist political police at the Ministry of Public Security of Poland, in charge of its notorious Special Bu ...

(1909–2002), Polish intelligence officer * Anatol Heintz (1898–1975), Norwegian palaeontologist * Anatol, artist's name of Anatol Herzfeld (1931–2019), German sculptor * Anatol Hrytskievich (born 1929), Belarusian historian * Anatol Josepho (1894–1980), Siberian-American inventor * Anatol Lieven (born 1960), British author * Anatol Petrencu (born 1954), Moldovan politician * Anatol Pikas (born 1928), Swedish psychologist * Anatol Provazník (1887–1950), Czech organist * Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), Russian-American psychologist * Anatol Rosenfeld (1912–1973), German philosopher * Anatol Roshko (born 1923), American engineer * Anatol Șalaru (born 1962), Moldovan politician * Anatol Stern (1899–1968), Polish poet * Anatol Țăranu (born 1951), Moldovan politician * Anatol Teslev (born 1947), Moldovan football coach *

Anatol Tschepurnoff Anatol (Anatoly) Tschepurnoff (Tchepurnoff, Chepurnov, Czepurnow) (19 December 1871, Loviisa – 29 April 1942, Helsinki) was a Russian–Finnish chess master. Before World War I, he played in many tournaments at Saint Petersburg. In 1903, ...

(1871–1942), Russian-Finnish chess player * Anatol Vasilyevich Kuragin, a fictional character in Tolstoy's ''War and Peace'' *

Anatol Vidrașcu Anatol Vidrașcu (born 2 April 1949) is an editor and activist from Moldova. He serves as CEO of the Editorial Group "Litera"

(born 1949), Moldovan writer * Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), Romanian composer * Anatol Yusef (born 1978), British actor * Anatol Zhabotinsky (1938–2008), Russian physicist

Fictional character

* Anatole Kuragin from Tolstoy's ''War and Peace''

Other

* Cyclone Anatol was the name given to a

European windstorm European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensit ...

that struck in early December 1999.

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