Athan is a
Greek
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male given name, which means "eternal life" or "immortal". It can be a variant of
Athanasios
Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), ...
, and is of rising popularity among younger Greek parents.
Athan
/ref> The name Athan may refer to:
People
*Athan Catjakis
Athan Catjakis (May 22, 1931 – January 20, 2022) was an American politician,
Catjakis was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Springfield Technical High School. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
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(1931-2022), American politician
*Athan Iannucci
Athan Iannucci (born April 15, 1982) is a professional lacrosse player. He played collegiate lacrosse at Hofstra University. Iannucci played professional lacrosse for the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. He was a member of the no ...
(born 1982), Canadian lacrosse player.
*Athan Karras
Athan Karras (September 27, 1927 – February 12, 2010) was a Greek-born American dancer, instructor and actor.
Early life
Karras was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He came to the United States when he was about 12. He served in the United ...
(1927–2010), American dancer and dance instructor
*Athan Maroulis
Athanasios Demetrios Maroulis (born September 22, 1964) is an actor, vocalist and record producer born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the older brother of singer Constantine Maroulis and also has a sister, Anastasia.
Athan Maroulis formed the New Y ...
(born 1964), American singer and actor
*Athan Theoharis
Athan George Theoharis (August 3, 1936 – July 3, 2021) was an American historian, professor of history at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As well as his extensive teaching career, he was noteworthy as an expert on the Federal B ...
(1936–2021), American historian
See also
*Athanase Athanase is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard (1768–1825), French physician born in the village of Sompuis, département Marne
* Athanase Coquerel (disambiguation)
* Athanase David (1882–1953) ...
*Athanasius (disambiguation)
Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), ...
* Ethan
*St Athan
St Athan ( cy, Sain Tathan) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to t ...
References
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Greek masculine given names