Given name · Greek
Αθανασία
“undying, immortal”
Αθανασία (Athanasía) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “undying, immortal.” It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Athanasia.
Meaning & origin
Αθανασία’s family of names
In French usage, Αθανασία has a diminutive in Nasia. In Greek usage, Αθανασία has a conventional equivalent in the English form Athanasia. In Greek usage, Αθανασία can be written in the Roman alphabet as Athanasía.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Αθανασία has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Αθανασία comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Αθανασία
- Athanasia TsoumelekaGreek racewalkerborn 1982
- Sia AnagnostopoulouGreek politician and university professorborn 1959
- Athanasia MoraitouGerman-Freek association football player born 1997
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