Given name
Anastasios
“one who is resurrected”
Anastasios is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is resurrected.”
Original GreekΑναστάσιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is resurrected.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anastasios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,029
- 1,029 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,301 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,301 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,446 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.
Anastasios’s family of names
Anastasios has a feminine form in Anastasia. Anastasios has a related form in Anastasio. Anastasios has a related form in Anastas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anastasios has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 16
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 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anastasios
- Anastasius I DicorusByzantine Emperor from 491 to 518430–518
- Anastasius IIByzantine Emperor700–719
- Anastasios of Albaniaformer Primate of Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, Member of Academy of Athens, President of World Council of Churches, Honorary President of Religions for Peace1929–2025
- Nectarios of AeginaMetropolitan of Pentapolis (1846–1920)
- Anastasius of PersiaChristian martyr550–628
- Anastasios BakasetasGreek association football playerborn 1993
- Anastasius Sinaitaabbot and theologian (died after 700)630–701
- Anastasios DouvikasGreek association football playerborn 1999
- Anastasios MetaxasGreek architect and sport shooter (1862–1937)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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