Arseniy
From Greek, in the sense of virile and masculine. It stays rare in Poland: around 177 men and boys carry it, and it is given to fewer each year.
Arseniy Pronunciation
Arseniy is pronounced ahr-SE-nyih (/arˈsɛɲɨ/).
What Arseniy means
Where Arseniy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Arseniy begins in Greek, in the word arsen, which means male or virile. From it the Greeks built Arsenios, and the short meaning that still travels with the name, virile and masculine, sits close to that root rather than far from it. This is one of those names where the sense and the origin agree.
The form most Polish readers meet is Russian. Arseniy is how the old Greek name settled into Russian, and its cultural home stays Russian first. Poland keeps the variant Arseniusz, a fuller and more Latin-looking shape for the same name.
One early bearer gives it a real biography. Arsenius the Great served at the court of Emperor Theodosius as tutor to the imperial sons, then left for the Egyptian desert to live as a monk around the year 400. Latin recorded him as Arsenius, and the Polish Arseniusz still rests on that spelling.
How many people are named Arseniy
1 in 120600 men in Poland is named Arseniy. 177 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2388 among male names.
Arseniy's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Arseniy as a middle name
Arseniy is a first name for 177 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 99/1 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7239th, between Arran (2) and Artemij (2).
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#7237 Aroldo2
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#7238 Arran2
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#7239 Arseniy2
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#7240 Artemij2
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#7241 Arteusz2