Name Arkadiy

There are multiple origins and translations for the name Arkadiy:

1. East Slavic (Russian Аркадий) form of the ancient Greek name Arkadios - "of place Arkadia (mountain area located in the Peloponnese in Greece, country of happy people)".

2. Derived from the Turkish (Turkic) word (arkadaş) [arkadash] means - "friend, companion, fellow".

3. Comes from the late Greek word (αρκούδα) [arkoúda] - "bear".