Origin: Greek
Meaning: “daybreak”
Best Nicknames:
Tole, Tolik, Tolly, Toly, Tolya
Variations, Nicknames and Sound Alikes:
Anatol, Anatole, Anatoli, Anatolio, Anatoliy,
Antal, Antol, Antole, Antolle, Antoly
Anatoly TV and Movie Quotes:
“Anatoly’s return to the Soviet Union is a very decent gesture.”
Great Performances: Chess in Concert (2009)
Famous people named Anatoly or its variations
1. Anatoly Kudryavitsky (b. 1954), Russian-Irish novelist, poet
2. Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (b. 1951), Russian
chess grandmaster
3. Anatoly Anatolyevich Durov (1887–1928), Russian animal trainer
Anatoly Middle Names
Anatoly Benedikt
Anatoly Maximilian
Anatoly Pyotr