Arkady

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.

Arkady Popularity

• 1716 Nameberry 2023

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Famous People Named Arkady

• 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