Arsenius (Latinized form) and Arsenios (Greek form) is a male first name. It is derived from the Greek word arsenikos (ἀρσενικός), meaning "male", "virile".
It may refer to:
- Saint Arsenius the Great (c. 350 – 445), also known as Arsenius the Deacon, Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, and Arsenius the Roman
- Saint Arsenius of Corfu, first bishop of Corfu, (d. 800 AD or perhaps 959 AD) one of the principal patron saints of Corfu
- Patriarch Arsenius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria from 1000 to 1010
- Arsenius Autorianus (died 1273), Patriarch of Constantinople
- Arsenius Apostolius (c. 1468 – 1538), Greek scholar and Bishop of Monemvasia
- Gualterus Arsenius (? – c. 1580), instrument maker
- Arsenius Walsh (1804 – 1869), Irish Catholic missionary in Hawaii
- Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (1840-1924), god father and spiritual father of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
- Arsenius Stadnitsky (1862 – 1936), Archbishop and then Metropolitan of Novgorod from 1910 to 1933
- Arsenios the Cave-Dweller (1886 – 1983), Greek Orthodox monk and elder at Mount Athos
Variants
- Armenian: Arsen
- Georgian: Arsen
- French: Arsène
- Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Arsenio
- Kazakh: Arsen
- Macedonian: Arsen
- Polish: Arseniusz
- Romanian: Arsenie
- Russian: Arseny (Russian: Арсений, also transliterated as Arseni, Arseniy, Arsenij, Arsenii). The Russian surname Arsenyev is derived from it. The older form of this name is Arsentiy (Арсентий)
- Serbian and other South Slavic languages: Arsenije and diminutives Arsen, Arsa
- Lithuanian: Arsenijus
- Hungarian: Arzén
References
- "Arsenic", in Online Etymological Dictionary