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 composerAnatol Ciobanu (born 1934), Moldovan professorAnatol Codru (1936–2010), Moldovan writerAnatol Dumitraș (1955–2016), Moldovan singerAnatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977), Romanian poetAnatol Fejgin (1909–2002), Polish intelligence officerAnatol Heintz (1898–1975), Norwegian palaeontologistAnatol Herzfeld (born 1931), German sculptorAnatol Hrytskievich (born 1929), Belarusian historianAnatol Josepho (1894–1980), Siberian-American inventorAnatol Lieven (born 1960), British authorAnatol Petrencu (born 1954), Moldovan politicianAnatol Pikas (born 1928), Swedish psychologistAnatol Provazník (1887–1950), Czech organistAnatol Rapoport (1911–2007), Russian-American psychologistAnatol Rosenfeld (1912–1973), German philosopherAnatol Roshko (born 1923), American engineerAnatol Şalaru (born 1962), Moldovan politicianAnatol Stern (1899–1968), Polish poetAnatol Ţăranu (born 1951), Moldovan politicianAnatol Teslev (born 1947), Moldovan football coachAnatol Tschepurnoff (1871–1942), Russian-Finnish chess playerAnatol Vasilyevich Kuragin, a fictional characterAnatol Vidraşcu (born 1949), Moldovan writerAnatol Vieru (1926–1998), Romanian composerAnatol Yusef (born 1978), British actorAnatol Zhabotinsky (1938–2008), Russian physicist