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Boy · Greek
Anastasios
Say it: a-na-STA-see-os
Meaning
From Greek anastasis 'resurrection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by Byzantine emperors and still common in Greece.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 969 babies given this name since 1922
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 49,200 boys
- 18 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tasos
| Russian | Anastas |
|---|---|
| Italian | Anastasio |
Famous bearers
- Anastasius I, Byzantine emperor
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- 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.