Anastasia

For other uses, see Anastasia (disambiguation).

Anastasia
Gender	female
Language(s)	From the Greek Ανάσταση Anástasi̱ meaning "resurrection."
Origin
Meaning	"resurrection " "breaker of the chains"
Other names
Short form(s)	Ana, Asya, Stasia, Stasy, Stacia, Stacy, Anya
See also	Anastacia, Anastasiya, Stacey, Staci, Stacia, Stacie, Stacy, Stasia,

Anastasia ( Greek Αναστασία ) is a personal name and the female form of the Greek male name Anastasius/Anastasios (Koine Greek: Αναστασία) meaning "resurrection." The name, and its male counterpart, were often given to Greek children born around December 2 or around Easter during the early days of Christianity. It is the name of several early saints. Anastasia of Sirmium, a 2nd century Christian saint martyred at Sirmium, is commemorated during the second Mass on Christmas Day each year according to the traditional calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. She is no longer commemorated on Christmas Day according to the Vatican II calendar. She is the patron saint of weavers. The best known Anastasia is the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, youngest daughter of the last tsar of imperial Russia. Legends about her have been the subject of numerous books and films.

Anastasia is currently the most popular name for baby girls in Moscow, Russia, and is also a popular name in a number of other republics of the former Soviet Union. It was the 313th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007, down from 287th place in 2006. It was the 80th most popular name for girls born in Chile in 2006.

Feminine name variants

• Ana (English)
• Anastacia (English)
• Anastácia (Português)
• Anastasia (Ἀναστασία) (English, Galician, Greek, Italian)
• Anastasie (French)
• Anastasia (German)
• Анастасија (Anastasija) (Macedonian)
• Анастасія (Anastasiya) (Ukrainian)
• Анастасия (Anastasija) (Bulgarian, Russian)
• Анастасья (Anastas'ya) (Russian)
• Anastázia (Slovak)
• Anastázička (Slovak)
• Anastazia (Czech)
• Anastazja (Polish)
• Anastice (English)
• Anasztázia (Hungarian)
• Anastazija (Croatian)
• Annie (English)
• Anstice (English)
• Anuška (Slovak)
• Asia (English)
• Asiye (Turkish)
• Ася (Asya) (Russian)
• Nast'a (Czech)
• Настасья (Nastasya) (Russian)
• Настенька (Nasten'ka) (Russian)
• Настёна (Nastyona) (Russian)
• Nastička (Slovak)
• Nastík (Slovak)
• Nastka (Polish)
• Nastusia (Polish)
• Настуся (Nastusya) (Russian)
• Настюха (Nastyuha) (Russian)
• Настя (Nastya) (Russian)
• Natasa (Greek)
• Sasha (Polish)
• Stacee (English)
• Stacey (English)
• Staci (English)
• Stacia (English)
• Stacie (English)
• Stacy (English)
• Stasha (English)
• Stasa (Czech)
• Staska (Czech)
• Стася (Stasya) (Russian)
• Taisie (English)
• Taisy (English)
• Tansy (English)
• Tasha (English)
• Tasi (English)
• Tasia (Greek, Spanish)
• Tasoula (Greek)
• Тася (Tasya) (Russian)
• Tusia (Polish)

Masculine variants

• Anastas (Spanish), Анастас (Bulgarian, Russian)
• Anastasio (Italian, Galician)
• Anastasios (Αναστάσιος) (Greek)
• Anastasius (Latin)
• Anastasiy (Ἀναστάσιος) (Greek), Анастасий (Russian)
• Anastazije (Croatian)
• Anastazio (Esperanto)
• Anastazy (Polish)
• Anasztáz (Hungarian)
• Staas (Dutch)
• Staś (Polish)
• Tia (Greek, English)

List of people with the given name Anastasia

Real people

• Anastasia of the Siberian Taiga, subject of the non-fictional book series The Ringing Cedars
• Anastasia of Sirmium (Saint Anastasia) (4th century), Christian saint and martyr
• Anastasia (4th century), daughter of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora
• Ino Anastasia (died 593), wife of Tiberius II Constantine
• Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV) (c. 650 - after 711), wife of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV
• Anastasia (artist) (flourished c 1400, Paris) French manuscript illuminator
• Anastasia Romanovna (died 1560), wife of Ivan the Terrible
• Escrava Anastacia, popular Brazilian slave, saint and martyr
• Anastasia Mannerheim (1872–1936), the Marshal of Finland, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim's ex-wife
• Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901–1918), daughter of Nicholas II of Russia, the last ruling family of the Romanov dynasty
  • Anna Anderson (1896–1984), most well known of frauds who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov
• Anastasiya Vertinskaya (born 1944), Russian actress
• Nastassja Kinski (born 1960 or 1961), German actress
• Anastacia (also known as Anastacia Newkirk, born 1968), American pop singer
• Anastasia Melnikova (born 1969), Russian actress
• Anastasia Nabokina (born 1971), Russian ballerina
• Anastasia Kalmanovich (born 1972), Russian actress and producer
• Anastasia Kelesidou (born 1972), Greek former discus thrower but she was born in Hamburg, Germany
• Anastasia Zampounidis (born 1972), Greek MTV VJ
• Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (born 1973), Russian actress
• Anastasia Volochkova (born 1976), Russian ballerina
• Anastasia Kostaki (born 1978), Greek basketball player
• Anastasia Grebenkina (born 1979), Russian ice dancer
• Anastasia Myskina (born 1981), Russian tennis player, 2004 Roland Garros Champion
• Anastasia Rodionova (born 1982), Russian-born Australian tennis player
• Anastasia Stotskaya (born 1982), Russian singer
• Anastasia Dobromyslova (born 1984), Russian darts player
• Anastasiya Kuzmina (born 1984), Russian-born Slovak biathlete
• Anastasia Perraki (born 1985), Greek model
• Anastasia Slepuhova (born 1997), USA Field Hockey player
• Anastasiya Yakimova (born 1986), Belarusian tennis player
• Anastasia Prikhodko (born 1987), Ukrainian singer
• Anastasia Poltoratskaya (born 1988), Russian tennis player
• Anastasia Liukin (born 1989), American artistic gymnast
• Anastasia Pivovarova (born 1990), Russian tennis player
• Anastasija Sevastova (born 1990), Latvian tennis player
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (born 1991), Russian tennis player

Fictional people

• Anastasia Dualla, a character in the critically acclaimed television show Battlestar Galactica
• Anastasia Tremaine, fictional character from Disney's Cinderella
• Anastasia, fictional character from Cowboy Bebop