Given name & surname · also Russian
Anastasi
“resurrection”
Anastasi is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anastasi goes back to Latin Anastasius, meaning “resurrection.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Anastasi comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anastasi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 22 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,334 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anastasi’s family of names
In Italian usage, Anastasi as a surname has a short form in NASTASI. Anastasi has a conventional equivalent in the French form Anastase. In Catalan usage, Anastasi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anastasius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anastasi has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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