Arsenius

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 (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