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Anastasia
Say it: an-uh-STAY-zhuh
Meaning
Greek anastasis, 'resurrection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Especially common in Orthodox countries, where it has been among the most popular names in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 48,245 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 884 girls
- 1,750 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianGreekRussianUkrainianPolishItalianSpanishEnglishAmericanBulgarianSerbian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Anastacia, Anastasiya, Анастасия, Nastya
| French | Anastasie |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Anastasia |
| Italian | Anastasia |
| Polish | Anastazja |
| Russian | Anastasiya |
| Greek | Anastasia |
| Ukrainian | Anastasiia |
| Serbian | Anastasija |
Famous bearers
- Anastasia of Sirmium, early martyr
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.