Given name
Anastasija
“resurrection”
Anastasija is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anastasija is a romanization of Анастасия. Анастасия goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀναστασία, meaning “resurrection.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Anastasija developed from Ἀναστασία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anastasija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 230
- 0 boys · 230 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,861 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,861 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anastasija’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Anastasija shares a linguistic root with the English form Anastasia. In Latvian usage, Anastasija has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Anastazja. In English usage, Anastasija has a conventional equivalent in the German form Anastasia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anastasija has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Anastasija comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Anastasiacognate · English, German
- Anastaziaequivalent
- Anastasiyaequivalent
- AnastazjaPolish
- Anastasiiaequivalent
- Anastázieequivalent
- Anastasíaequivalent
- Anastasijusmasculine form
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People named Anastasija
- Nastia LiukinRussian-American artistic gymnast (born 1989)
- Anastasija SevastovaLatvian female tennis player (born 1990)
- Anastasija ZoloticAmerican taekwondo athleteborn 2002
- Anastasija GrigorjevaLatvian freestyle wrestler (1990-)
- Anastasija SamoilovaLatvian beach volleyball player (born 1997)
- Anastasija ReibergerGerman pole vaulterborn 1977
- Anastasiia SalosBelarusian rhythmic gymnast (2002-)
- Anastasiia OsniachUkrainian freestyle wrestlerborn 1996
- Anastasiya ShoshynaUkrainian tennis playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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