Anastasia (from el, Ἀναστασία, translit=Anastasía) is a feminine

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of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning " resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia, where it was the most used name for decades until 2008.

Origin

The name Anastasia originated during the early days of Christianity and was given to many Greek girls born in December and around Easter. It was established as the female form (Greek: ) of the male name Anastasius (Greek: ''Anastasios'' ), and has the meaning of "she/he of the resurrection". It is the name of several early saints; including Anastasia of Sirmium, a central saint from the 2nd century who is commemorated during the first Mass on Christmas Dawn each year according to the traditional calendar of the Catholic Church and on December 22 according to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Slavic

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include Nastya, Nastia or Nastja (Serbian, Slovenian) as well as various hypocoristics: Nastenka, Nastyusha, Nastyona, Nastasia, Nastunja.

Popularity

Anastasia is a very popular name for girls, especially in Europe, where most names have Christian associations. Anastasia was the most popular name for girls for many years in Russia until 2008, when it was surpassed by the name

Sophia Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) *Sophia (given name) Places *Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu *Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana *Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorpor ...

. It remains one of the top ten names for Russian girls, as well as for girls in Belarus, Moldova, Serbia, Georgia, and Montenegro.

Given name

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Crisco edit letters removed

* Anastasia (sister of Constantine I) (c. 290 – after 314), half sister of Emperor Constantine I * Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV) (c. 650 – after 711), Empress consort of Constantine IV of the Byzantine Empire * Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (1878–1923) *

Anastasia of Kiev Anastasia of Kiev (russian: Анастасия Ярославна; uk, Анастасія Ярославна; 1023 – 1074/1094) was Queen of Hungary by marriage to King Andrew the White. Life Anastasia was a daughter of Grand Prince Yarosl ...

(c.1023–1074/1096), Queen consort of Hungary * Anastasia, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born 1944) * Anastasia Avramidou (born 2000), Greek chess master *

Anastasia Bachynska Anastasiia Yuriivna Bachynska ( uk, Анастасія Юріївна Бачинська, born 4 August 2003) is a retired Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games, 2019 European Games floor exercise champion, ...

(born 2003), Ukrainian artistic gymnast * Anastasia Bitsenko (1875–1938), Russian revolutionary * Anastasia Gloushkov (born 1985), Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer *

Anastasia Gorbenko ] Anastasia "Nastiya" Gorbenko ( he, אנסטסיה "נסטיה" גורבנקו; born ) is an Israeli competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer. She competes in the 100 m backstroke, 100 m breaststroke, 100 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, 200 m breas ...

(born 2003), Israeli Youth Olympic champion swimmer *

Anastasia Lapsui Anastasia Lapsui (born 1944) is a Soviet-born Nenets film director, screenwriter, and radio journalist who has lived in Finland since 1993. Lapsui, together with Markku Lehmuskallio, directed " Seven Songs from the Tundra," the first narrative ...

(born 1944), Soviet-born Russian Nenets film director, screenwriter, radio journalist * Anastasia Markovych (died 1729), Ukrainian Hetmana *

Anastasia Melnichenko Anastasia "Nastya" Melnychenko (; born 1984) is a Ukrainian activist and author who writes on social, historical, and cultural issues. She is a co-founder of STUDENA, a non-profit human rights organization. She is also known as the initiator of ...

(born 1984), Ukrainian activist * Princess Anastasia of Montenegro (1865–1935) was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro * Anastasia Motaung, South African politician * Anastasia Muñoz (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation * Anastasia Ndereba, Kenyan marathon runner * Anastasia Prikhodko (born 1987), Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer * Like Nastya, Anastasia Radzinskaya (born 2014), Russian Youtuber * Anastasia Romanova (disambiguation) ** Anastasia Romanovna (1530–1560), Tsarevna of Russia and wife of Tsar Ivan the Terrible ** Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901–1918), daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, of the Romanoff royal family * Anastasia Soare (born 1957/1958), Romanian-American billionaire businesswoman * Anastasia Sinitsyna (born 1983), Russian handball player * Anastasia Skoptsova (born 2000), Russian ice dancer

Fictional characters with the given name

* Anya (Anastasia), Princess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov, from Anastasia (1997 film), the 1997 animated film of the same name and based on the real life Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia * Anastasia Tremaine, from the 1950 animated film ''Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella'' * Anastasia Hoshin, a character from the light novel/anime series ''List of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World characters, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World''

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