Given name & surname · also Sicilian

Tanasi

Tanasi is a surname from Sicilian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Tanasi comes from Sicilian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Sicilian Tanasi, from Latin Athanasius.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tanasi’s family of names

In Italian usage, Tanasi shares an earlier linguistic root with Atanasio. In Sicilian usage, Tanasi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Athanasius.

Walk Tanasi’s family in the name graph

TanasiTanassiAthanasiusAtanasio

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

Tănase

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Ancient Greek

Tanais

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Ancient Greek

Tatius

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

Dinisi

“related to Dionysus”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Timotei

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Ancient Greek

Telestis

“perfected”

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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