Given name & surname
Athanasia
“one having immortality”
Athanasia is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one having immortality.”
Original Ancient GreekἈθανασία
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one having immortality.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Athanasia developed from Ἀθανασία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Athanasia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 565
- 0 boys · 565 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,061 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,061 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 759 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.
Athanasia’s family of names
In English usage, Athanasia developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀθανασία. In English usage, Athanasia has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form ATANASIA. In Spanish usage, Athanasia has a related form in ATANASIA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Athanasia has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Athanasia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Athanasia
- Athanasia TsoumelekaGreek racewalkerborn 1982
- Sia AnagnostopoulouGreek politician and university professorborn 1959
- Athanasia MoraitouGerman-Freek association football player born 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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