Arkady

Heart
Russian from Greek
"from Arcadia"

Arkady Origin and Meaning

The name Arkady is a boy's name meaning "from Arcadia".

Arkady is a rhythmic Russian saint's name from the Greek meaning "from Arcadia." As a literary name, it belongs to a genteel character in Turgenev's Fathers and Sons and a much less benign one in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, and is also a key figure in Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith.

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Famous People Named Arkady

  • Arkady FiedlerPolish writer, journalist and adventurer
  • Arkady StrugatskyRussian science fiction novelist
  • Arkady Georgievich AndreasyanArmenian footballer
  • Arkady GaidarRussian children's author
  • Arkady ShilkloperRussian musician
  • Arkady Ilyich OstashevRussian aerospace engineer
  • Arkady Romanovitch RotenbergRussian oligarch
  • Arkady Ivanovich VolskyRussian politician

Arkady in Pop Culture

  • Arkady Kirsanovfriend to Evgeni Bazarov in Otsy i Deti (Fathers and Sons) (1862) by Ivan Turgenev