Anatole

Where Anatole comes from

From French Anatole, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with Latin Anatolius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Anatole
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1844
    Anatole France born
    French writer
  2. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #974
    #974 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1902
    Anatole Litvak born
    Ukrainian-American filmmaker
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Anatole France · French writer, 1844–1924
  • Anatole Litvak · Ukrainian-American filmmaker, 1902–1974
  • Anatole Abragam · French physicist, 1914–2011
  • Anatole Collinet Makosso · Republic of the Congo politician, born 1965
  • Anatole Le Braz · Breton writer and scholar, 1859–1926

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.