We associate recursively defined polynomials with normalized (non-vanishing) arithmetic functions g and h. Let \(P_0^{g,h}(x):=1\) . Then, \( P_n^{g,h}(x):= \frac{x}{h(n)} \sum _{k=1}^{n} g(k) \, P_{n-k}^{g,h}(x). \) For special functions g and h, we obtain the D’Arcais polynomials, which are associated with the coefficients of powers of the Dedekind \(\eta \) -function and related to a hook length formula by Nekrasov and Okounkov. More examples are offered by Pochhammer polynomials, Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind, and Laguerre polynomials. We provide explicit formulas and identities for the coefficients of \(P_n^{g,h}(x)\) which separate the impact of g and h. Finally, we mention several applications.