The baby name Arcadius is a Boy name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ar-KAY-dee-us.
The baby name Arcadius is a boy name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ar-KAY-dee-us.
Arcadius is Greek, Latin in Origin.
Arcadius is the Latin form of Ancient Greek Ἀρκάδιος, Arkádios, an ethnic adjective built from Ἀρκαδία, Arkadía, Arcadia, with the masculine suffix -ios. Its literal sense is of Arcadia or Arcadian, referring to the mountainous central Peloponnese. The place-name was associated in Greek myth with Arkas, but as a personal name Arcadius preserves the geographic adjective rather than a separate virtue word.
The name is best known from Flavius Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor from 395 to 408, whose court fixed the Latin spelling in imperial records. Greek Christian usage kept Arkadios in Byzantine and Orthodox contexts, while western European languages produced Arcadio, Arcadie, Arkadiusz, and Slavic Arkady or Arkadiy. In the United States it remains rare, appearing in Social Security data only sporadically in the twenty-first century.
| Arcadius Arcadius was a Byzantine Emperor who ruled from 395 to 408 AD. He is most famous for being the son of Theodosius I and for his relatively weak and ineffective rule, which saw the empire's administration largely controlled by powerful ministers and his wife, Aelia Eudoxia. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| France | Boys | 1968 | #282 | 3 | 1,105 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #568 | 8 | 12,054 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| United States | Boys | 2023 | #885 | 14 | 7,053 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
Arcadius is popular in 14 countries — most recent births per country:
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