Anatole
[ˈænətoʊl]Meaning
French form of Anatolius, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή, "sunrise"
Background Story
Anatole is the French form of Anatolius, from the Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ), meaning "sunrise", and is cognate with the Latin Anatolius. The name is recorded in Ancient Greek, Belarusian, Georgian, Latvian, Moldovan, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. The Russian form is Anatoly, with Anatol and, more rarely, Anatolio as other variants.
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