Arkady
About Arkady
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.
Pronounced ahr-KAH-dee.
As of October 2026, Arkady ranked #12288 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #10832 in 2013.
Editor's take: The name Arkady is a boy's name meaning "from Arcadia".
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Arkady.
- Wynne
- Nazaire
- Fane
- Tamerlane
- Enda
- Austell
- Lir
- Sylvander
- Asmund
- Haco
- Ephai
- Delmore
- Cormorant
- Veryan
- Valo
- Ravello
- Sindri
- Zephan
- Llyr
- Edur
Arkady on lists
Famous Arkadys
- Arkady Fiedler
Polish writer, journalist and adventurer
- Arkady Strugatsky
Russian science fiction novelist
- Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan
Armenian footballer
- Arkady Gaidar
Russian children's author
- Arkady Shilkloper
Russian musician
- Arkady Ilyich Ostashev
Russian aerospace engineer
- Arkady Romanovitch Rotenberg
Russian oligarch
- Arkady Ivanovich Volsky
Russian politician
Arkady in pop culture
- Arkady Kirsanov
friend to Evgeni Bazarov in Otsy i Deti (Fathers and Sons) (1862) by Ivan Turgenev