Anastasia
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | From the Greek Ανάσταση Anástasi̱ meaning "resurrection." |
Origin | |
Meaning | "Resurrection"[1] " |
Other names | |
Short form(s) | Ana, Anna, Anya, Nastya, Asia |
Related names | Anastacia, Anastasiya |
Anastasia (Greek Αναστασία) is a personal name and the female form of the Greek male name Anastasius/Anastasios (Koine Greek: Αναστασία) meaning "resurrection."[1] 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.[2] The best known Anastasia is the Grand Duchess (Romanova) Anastasia Nikolaevna, youngest daughter of the last tsar of imperial Russia. Legends about her have been the subject of numerous books and films.
Popularity:
- Anastasia was the most popular name for baby girls in Moscow, Russia in 2008,[3] and is also a popular name in a number of other republics of the CIS.
- 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.[4]
Feminine name variants
Full names:
- Anastasia (English, Galician, Greek, Indonesian, Italian)
- Anastacia (English)
- Anastácia (Português)
- Anastasie (French)
- Anastasia (German)
- Анастасија (Anastasia) (Serbian, Macedonian)
- Анастасія (Anastasia) (Ukrainian)
- Анастасия (Anastasia) (Bulgarian, Russian)
- Анастасья (Anastas'ya), Настасья (Nastas'ya) (Russian)
- Anastázia (Slovak)
- Anastázička (Slovak)
- Anastazia (Czech)
- Anastazja (Polish)
- Anastice (English)
- Anasztázia (Hungarian)
- Anastazija (Croatian)
- Anstice (English)
Short forms:
- Ася (Asya) (Bulgarian, Russian)
- Asja (Croatian, Bosnian)
- Asya (Arabic, Persian, Turkish)
- На́стя (Nastya) (Bulgarian, Russian)
- Stasia (English, Greek, Czech)
- Стася (Stasya) (Bulgarian, Russian)
- Stacy (English, Czech, German, Greek, Italian)
- Asta (Lithuanian)
Masculine variants
- Анастас (Anastas) (Bulgarian, Russian)
- Anastas (Spanish)
- Anastasio (Italian, Galician)
- Anastasios (Greek)
- Anastasius (Latin)
- Anastasi (Greek)
- Anastazije (Croatian)
- Anastazio (Esperanto)
- Anastazy (Polish)
List of people with the given name Anastasia
Real people
- Anastasia of Sirmium (Saint Anastasia) (4th century), Christian saint and martyr
- Anastasia (4th century), daughter of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora
- 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; Eastern Orthodox Christian Saint.
- 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
- 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 of the Siberian Taiga, subject of the fictional book series The Ringing Cedars
- 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
- Anastasia Cayne, fictional character from As Simple as Snow
- Anastasia Steele, main character from E. L. James novel Fifty Shades of Grey
Notes
- ^ a b Behindthename.com
- ^ Catholic Online
- ^ MN Weekly (Russia) Moscow News Weekly Retrieved on April 11, 2008
- ^ Behind the Name