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 ( – 445), also known as Arsenius the Deacon, Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, and Arsenius the Roman
  • Saint Arsenius of Corfu, first bishop of Corfu, (died ) one of the principal patron saints of Corfu
  • Patriarch Arsenius of Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria from 1000 to 1010
  • Saint Arsenius of Latros, (), feast day December 13
  • Saint Arsenije Sremac (died 1266), archbishop of Serbia
  • Arsenius Autoreianos (died 1273), patriarch of Constantinople
  • Saint Arsenius of Tver (died 1409), bishop of Tver, feast day March 2
  • Saint Arsenius of Konevits (died 1447), founder of Konevits Monastery, feast day June 12
  • Arsenije II, patriarch of Serbia 1457–1463
  • Arsenius Apostolius ( – 1538), Greek scholar and Bishop of Monemvasia
  • Gualterus Arsenius (), instrument maker
  • Saint Arsenius of Suzdal (died 1627), archbishop of Suzdal, feast day April 29
  • Arsenije III Crnojević (1633–1706), patriarch of Serbia
  • Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (1698–1748), patriarch of Serbia
  • Arsenius Walsh (1804–1869), Irish Catholic missionary in Hawaii
  • Saint Arsenius of Paros (1800–1877), feast day January 31
  • 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
  • Arsenius Heikkinen (born 1957), Bishop of Joensuu of the Orthodox Church of Finland
  • Arsenios Kardamakis (born 1973), Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria

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

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