Athanasius (given name)

Athanasius
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Immortal
Other names
Related names	Athanasios, Athanassios, Atanasio, Athanase, Atanas, Afanasy, Thanasis, Athan

Athanasius or Athanasios (Template:Lang-el) is a Greek male name which means immortal. In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), Sakis (Σάκης), Nasos (Νάσος) or Athan.

Notable people with this name include:

Athanasius (praetorian prefect), 6th-century Byzantine official
Athanasios of Emesa, 6th-century Byzantine jurist
Athanasius the Athonite, 10th-century Byzantine monk
Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230–1310), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
Athanasius II of Constantinople (fl. 1453), the last Greek Patriarch of an independent Constantinople
Athanasius II Dabbas (died 1619), Greek Patriarch of Antioch
Athanasius III Patelarus (fl. 1630s), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
Athanasius III Dabbas (1647–1724), Greek Patriarch of Antioch
Athanasius IV of Constantinople (fl. 1670s), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
Athanasius of Attalia (died 1700), Orthodox martyr of Smyrna
Athanasius V of Constantinople (fl. 1710s), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
Athanasius Parios (died 1813), Greek religious leader
Athanasios Kanakaris (1760–1824), Greek revolutionary and politician
Athanasios Psalidas (1767–1829), author, scholar and one of the most renowned figures of the modern Greek Enlightenment
Athanasios Christopoulos (1772–1847), Greek poet
Athanasios Diakos (1788–1821), Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence
Athanasios Stageiritis (fl. 19th century), professor of Greek language at the Imperial Academy in Vienna
Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867), former Prime Minister of Greece
Athanasios Rousopoulos (1823–1898), professor
Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos (1830–1902), politician, mayor of the city of Patras
Athanasios Eftaxias (1849–1931), former Prime Minister of Greece
Athanasios Frangou (1864–1923), Greek Army officer
Athanasios N. Miaoulis (1865–1936), former Mayor of Piraeustu
Athanasios Skaltsogiannis (born 1873), Greek hurdler and long jumper
Athanasios Klaras (1905–1945), military leader of ELAS (nom de guerre:Aris Velouchiotis)
Athanasios Kafkalides (1919–1989), Greek neuropsychiatrist
Thanassis Skordalos (1920–1998), Greek Cretan lira musician
Athanasios Papoulis (1921–2002), Greek-American engineer
Athanasios Tsaldaris (1921–1997), Greek politician
Athanasios Kanellopoulos (1923–1994), Greek politician
Thanasis Veggos (1927–2011), Greek actor and film director
Thanos Leivaditis (1934–2005), Greek actor and screenwriter
Athanasios Angelopoulos (born 1939), Greek professor of theology
Thanasis Pouliadis (1940–2011), Greek entrepreneur
Thanos Mikroutsikos (born 1947), Greek songwriter and politician
Athanasios Tsakalidis (born 1950), Greek computer scientist
Thanasis Pafilis (born 1954), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
Athanasios Karvounis (born c. 1950s), American gangster in Detroit
Thanassis Papakonstantinou (born 1959), Greek singer and songwriter
Thanos Kalliris (born 1962), Greek pop singer
Thanasis Kolitsidakis (born 1966), Greek soccer player
Athanasios Michalopoulos (born 1973), Greek beach volleyball player
Thanos Petrelis (born 1975), Greek pop singer
Athanasios Kostoulas (born 1976), Greek soccer player
Thanasis Paleologos (born 1977), Greek soccer player
Athanasios Tsigas (born 1982), Greek soccer player
Athanasios Papazoglou (born 1988), Greek soccer player
Thanos Plevris, Greek politician
Thanassis Giannakopoulos, Greek businessman
Athanasios Moulakis, Greek Professor of Government
Athanasios Vouros, Greek fencer
Athanasios Tsakalov, founder member of the Filiki Eteria

Other than Greek

Afanasy Fet, Russian poet
Afanasy Nikitin (died 1472), Russian merchant
Atanasio Aguirre, President of Uruguay from 1864 to 1865
Atanasio Girardot (1791–1813), a Colombian revolutionary leader
Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, an 18th-century Mexican botanical artist and naturalist
François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie, French soldier and politician
Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie, French military commander
Athanase Josué Coquerel, French theologian
Pope Athanasius of Alexandria (ca. 296–373), Christian saint, Coptic pope, theologian
Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria (died 496), Coptic pope
Athanasius I, Bishop of Naples (died 872), Italian bishop
Pope Athanasius III of Alexandria, 13th-century Coptic pope
Athanasius II of Naples, bishop and Duke of Naples
Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 16th-century Russian cleric
Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk (died 1648), Lithuanian martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church
Athanasius Kircher (died 1680), German Jesuit
Athanasius Schneider (born 1961), Roman Catholic bishop

Other than Greek

See also