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 (, 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