Anatol is a masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Ανατολιος Anatolius, meaning "sunrise."
The Russian version of the name is Anatoly (also transliterated as Anatoliy and Anatoli). The French version is Anatole. A rarer variant is Anatolio.
Saint Anatolius was a third-century saint from Alexandria in Egypt.
Notable people with the name include:
Anatol Chiriac (born 1947), Moldovan composer
Anatol Ciobanu (born 1934), Moldovan professor
Anatol Codru (1936–2010), Moldovan writer
Anatol Dumitraș (1955–2016), Moldovan singer
Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977), Romanian poet
Anatol Fejgin (1909–2002), Polish intelligence officer
Anatol Heintz (1898–1975), Norwegian palaeontologist
Anatol Herzfeld (born 1931), German sculptor
Anatol Hrytskievich (born 1929), Belarusian historian
Anatol Josepho (1894–1980), Siberian-American inventor
Anatol Lieven (born 1960), British author
Anatol Petrencu (born 1954), Moldovan politician
Anatol Pikas (born 1928), Swedish psychologist
Anatol Provazník (1887–1950), Czech organist
Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), Russian-American psychologist
Anatol Rosenfeld (1912–1973), German philosopher
Anatol Roshko (born 1923), American engineer
Anatol Şalaru (born 1962), Moldovan politician
Anatol Stern (1899–1968), Polish poet
Anatol Ţăranu (born 1951), Moldovan politician
Anatol Teslev (born 1947), Moldovan football coach
Anatol Tschepurnoff (1871–1942), Russian-Finnish chess player
Anatol Vasilyevich Kuragin, a fictional character
Anatol Vidraşcu (born 1949), Moldovan writer
Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), Romanian composer
Anatol Yusef (born 1978), British actor
Anatol Zhabotinsky (1938–2008), Russian physicist
