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Cappadocian refers to someone or something from Cappadocia, a region in Asia Minor (Anatolia), in modern Turkey.
Cappadocian can also refer to:
- Cappadocian Greeks, an ethnic Greek community native to the region of Cappadocia
- Cappadocian Greek, a dialect of the Greek language, formerly spoken in Cappadocia
- Cappadocian Fathers, three prominent ancient Christian writers from Cappadocia:
- Basil of Caesarea (c. 330 – 379)
- Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395)
- Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329 – c. 390)
- Cappadocian calendar, a calendar formerly used in Cappadocia, derived from the Persian Zoroastrian calendar
- Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (1840-1924)
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