What does Anastasia mean?

Anastasia means "resurrection"

How do we pronounce Anastasia?

Anastasia \a-nas-ta-sia, an-astas-ia\ is a female's name. It consists of 9 letters and 5 syllables.

The baby girl name Anastasia is pronounced aeNahSTAESYah or aeNahSTEYZHah (English) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Anastasia: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; ZH as in "beige (B.EY.ZH"

What is the origin of Anastasia?

Anastasia's language of origin is Old Greek. It is used predominantly in English, German, Greek, and Russian. The Greek anastasis ('resurrection') is itself from ana ('up') and stasis ('standing, standstill'). The name was borne by the venerated 4th-century martyr, Saint Anastasia, who was martyred at Sirmium in Dalmatia. It was popular with early Christians due to the association of its meaning with the start of a new life for a child. The name has been used by English speakers since the 12th century, usually in the forms Anstace or Anstice. It was borne by the first tsarina Anastasia (-1560), the wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It later picked up strong Russian associations through Princess Anastasia (1901-1918), the youngest daughter of the last tsar of Russia Nicholas II. Many believe she survived the 1918 massacre of her family after a woman claimed to be her in 1920, and she subsequently became the subject of a film in 1956. Anastasia is the feminine equivalent of the German Anastasius name. The name Anastasia is widely used; it has 75 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name comprise Anastace meaning and origin, Anastascia meaning of name, Anastase meaning of name, Anastasha name variations, Anastashia meaning, Anastasija pronounciation, Anastassya meaning of name, Anastasya meaning of name, Anastaysia name popularity, Anastazya meaning of name, Anastice name variations, Anasztaizia name, name Anestasia, name Annastasia origin, name Annastaysia origin, Annastazia meaning, Anstace meaning, Anstass pronounciation, name Anstey origin, Anstice pronounciation (also used in Scottish), baby name Stace, Stacee name, nicknames for Staci, baby name Stacie, name Taisie meaning, and Tasiya name popularity. Other English forms comprise the contracted forms nicknames for Nastasia (also used in Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian), Stacia meaning and origin (also used in Greek), and Tasia name (also used in Greek, and Spanish), the familiar forms Anna meaning and origin (also used in Czech, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Nastassia meaning (also used in Polish), Stacey meaning (also used in Irish), name Stacy meaning (also used in Irish), Stash name variations, meaning of Stasha, name Stasia, what does the name Staz mean, and Tacy meaning, and the spelling variant Anastacia meaning of name. Forms used in foreign languages comprise the French and German nicknames for Anastasie, the Russian, Slavic, and Ukrainian Anastasiya meaning and origin, the Latinized name Anastassia, the Czech Anastazia name, the Polish Anastazja meaning and origin, the Slavic name Anastázia meaning, the Czech and Hungarian Anastázie name variations, the Hungarian Anasztaszia name, the Hungarian name Anasztázia, the Czech meaning of Nast'a, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian Nastacia meaning and origin, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian Nastasha meaning, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian name Nastashia, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian nicknames for Nastasya, the Czech Nastenka meaning, the Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian baby name Nastka, the Polish name Nastusia origin, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian Nastusya meaning of name, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian baby name Nessa, the Czech Stasa meaning of name, the Czech nicknames for Staska, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian short names for Tasenka, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian Taska name variations, and the Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, and Slavic Tasya pronounciation. Specific foreign forms comprise the contracted forms meaning of Anastay (Latinized), nicknames for Asja (Russian), short names for Nastasja (German and Russian), Nastassja name (German and Russian), and what does the name Natasa mean (Greek), the familiar forms name Anya meaning (Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian), nicknames for Asya (Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian), what does the name Nastya mean (Russian), Stasya name popularity (Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian), nicknames for Tasa (Greek), and Tasoula name popularity (Greek), and the spelling variant name Anastatia meaning (Greek). Anastasia is a rather popular baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.061% of baby girls were named Anastasia. It was #265 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #365 with a usage of 0.045%, was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after name Anna origin, out of all girl names in its family. It was 7 times more commonly used than Anastasia in 2010.

List of baby names that sound like Anastasia:

the name name Anestasia meaning, the English Anastacia meaning of name, the name name Anastascia meaning, the name Anastasha name variations, the French and German name Anastasie origin, the name name Anastassya origin, the name Anastasya meaning and origin, the Greek name Anastatia, the Polish nicknames for Anastazja, the Slavic short names for Anastázia, the Czech and Hungarian name Anastázie meaning, the Hungarian Anasztázia meaning of name, the name nicknames for Annastasia, the English Anastace definition, the name Anastase meaning and origin, the name short names for Anastashia, the name what does the name Anastasija mean, the Russian, Slavic, and Ukrainian Anastasiya name, the Latinized Anastassia meaning of name, and the name short names for Anastaysia.

The baby name Anastasia fun facts:

The name Anastasia in reverse order is "Aisatsana".

The numerological value of the name Anastasia is number 4 and 22, which means a foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth+ The Master Builder, large endeavors, powerful force, leadership.

How popular is Anastasia?

Anastasia is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.08%
20130.07%
20120.05%
20110.05%
20100.05%
20090.06%
20080.05%
20070.06%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames