Given name & surname
Anastasia
“one who shall rise again”
Anastasia is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who shall rise again.”
Original GreekΑναστασία
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who shall rise again.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Anastasia is a feminine form of Anastasios. In Latin usage, Anastasia is a feminine form of Anastasius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anastasia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57,163
- 23 boys · 57,140 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 1,905 babies
- 2025
- 1,832
- #163 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,832 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 163 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,905 in 2018. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (221). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 44,877 as a first name in 2020; 955 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.
Anastasia’s family of names
In French usage, Anastasia has a diminutive in Stacy. Anastasia is a feminine form of Anastasios. In English usage, Anastasia has a related form in Anastacia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anastasia has relatives in 26 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
44 related names in 26 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 30
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Stacydiminutive · French
- Astapet form · Finnish
- Staceyshort form · English
- Anastaciavariant · English, Spanish
- Asyapet form
- Annastasiavariant · English
- Anastaziavariant
- Anastassiavariant
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- Anastazjavariant · Polish
- Anastatiavariant · English
- Stasishort form · German
- Anastashiavariant · English
- Anastasyavariant · English
- Anastashavariant · English
- Nastasiashort form
- Anasstasialikely variant
- Ansteyvariant
- Anasztaiziavariant · English
- Anastazyavariant · English
- Ansticevariant
- Anstacevariant
- Annastaysiavariant · English
- Anestasiavariant · English
- Anastasievariant · French
- Anastasciavariant
- Anastasevariant · English, Basque
- Nastyapet form
- Nast’apet form
- Nastusiapet form
- Nastkapet form
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 44
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΑναστασίαGreek
- Siaequivalent
- Anastasiyaequivalent
- Anastasijacognate · Latvian, English
- Tasiaequivalent
- Anastasiosmasculine form
- Tasyarelated form
- Natasaequivalent
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- Anastasiiaequivalent
- Nastasjaizh
- AnnastaziaEnglish
- AnastaysiaEnglish
- Nastasyaequivalent
- Σίαequivalent
- Настяequivalent
- Настасьяequivalent
- Taziyeequivalent
- Анастасијаequivalent
- Ἀναστασίαequivalent
- АнастасияRussian, Bulgarian
- AnastáciaPortuguese
- Anastázieborrowing · Czech
- Nastjaequivalent
- Τασίαequivalent
- Νατάσαequivalent
- Anastasiusmasculine form · Latin
- AnastazijaSlovene
- AnasztáziaHungarian
- AnastazioEsperanto
- NastaxiaVenetian
- Анастасі́яUkrainian
- AnastáziaSlovak
- Наста́сьяRussian
- Анастаси́яRussian
- OstàsiaOccitan
- AnastasiáOccitan
- NastàsëNeapolitan
- На̄стаmns-nor
- Анаста́сияBulgarian
- Наста́ссяBelarusian
- أَنَسْتَسِيَّةArabic
- أَنَاسْتَازْيَاArabic
- АнастасіяUkrainian
- AnastassyaEnglish
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Anastasia
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of RussiaGrand Duchess of Russia (1901–1918); fourth child and youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
- Anastasia MyskinaRussian tennis playerborn 1981
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRussian tennis playerborn 1991
- Anastasia of KievQueen of Hungary from 1046 to 10601023–1074
- Anastasia ZavorotnyukRussian actress (1971–2024)
- Anastasia Romanovnafirst russian Tsarina as the first spouse of Ivan the Terrible1530–1560
- Anastasia BaburovaUkrainian journalist (1983–2009)
- Anastasia of SirmiumChristian saint and martyr300–304
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of RussiaRussian grand duchess (1860-1922); only daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecilie of Baden
Characters named Anastasia: Nastasya Filippovna (heroine of the novel "Idiot" by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky), Anastasia Dualla (the Battlestar Galactica television series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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