Given name
Athanasios
“a-, un-, non-”·“dying”·“-y: forming adjectives”
Athanasios is a masculine given name from Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Athanasios is built from elements meaning “a-, un-, non-” and “dying” and “-y: forming adjectives”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In German use, Athanasios is a variant of Athanasius. An origin associated with Athanasius is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Greek Αθανάσιος, from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Athanasios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,284
- 1,284 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,557 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +49%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,557 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 49.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,774 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.
Athanasios’s family of names
In English usage, Athanasios shares an earlier linguistic root with Athanasius. In English usage, Athanasios was borrowed from the Greek form Αθανάσιος. In German usage, Athanasios has a related form in Athanasius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Athanasios has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Thanosequivalent
- Θανασούλαςequivalent
- Sakisequivalent
- Thanasoulasequivalent
- Νάσοςequivalent
- Θάσοςequivalent
- Thanasosequivalent
- Thanasisequivalent
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- Thanasakisequivalent
- Nasosequivalent
- Θανάσηςequivalent
- Atanasequivalent
- Αθανάσηςequivalent
- Θανασάκηςequivalent
- Athanaseequivalent
- Աթանասequivalent
- Θανάσοςequivalent
- Afanasijequivalent
- Afanasydoublet · English
- Θάνοςequivalent
- Атанасequivalent
- Апанасequivalent
- Thasosequivalent
- Σάκηςequivalent
- Athanasisequivalent
- Афанасийequivalent
- Apanasequivalent
- Ἀθανάσιοςsource · Ancient Greek
- Αθανάσιοςsource · Greek
- ΑθανασιοςAncient Greek
People named Athanasios
- Athanasius of AlexandriaPope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)
- Athanasios DiakosGreek general1788–1821
- Athanasios ChristopoulosGreek poet1772–1847
- Athanasios MiaoulisGreek politician (1815-1867)
- Athanasius I of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople (1289–1293 and 1303 –1309)1230–1310
- Athanasius II of Constantinoplepatriarch of Constantinople1500
- Athanasios TsakalovGreek independence activist1790–1851
- Athanasios EftaxiasGreek politician (1849-1931)
- Thanos PlevrisGreek politicianborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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