Anastasius

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Anastasios in US United States, GR Greece, DE Germany and 16 more, Анастасиос in RU Russia, TR Türkiye, Anastasiou in EG Egypt, PL Poland and Αναστασιος in CY Cyprus.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Anastasius is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name81 records spelled Anastasius50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English

  Also written Anastacio, Anastasio, Anastácio, Sabiniano, Sabinian

• Czech given name23 records spelled Anastasius4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia

  Also written Anastasij

• Polish given name9 records spelled Anastasius3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States

  Also written Anastazy, Anastasiy

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Anastasius is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. griechischen Ur­ sprungs (zu griech. anástasis »Auferste­ hung«). Namenspatron ist der heilige Anas­ tasius (der

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latin, a male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Anastasius Ib. 340ITpope
• Anastasius IIIb. 801ITpope
• Anastasius IVb. 1073ITpope 1153–1154
• Anastasius Lagrantinus Rosenstengelb. 1687DEGerman soldier
• Anastasius Ludwig Menckenb. 1752DEGerman diplomat (1752-1801)
• Anastasius Hartmannb. 1803CHSwiss priest (1803-1866)
• Henri Viottab. 1848NLnot in their usual nameDutch lawyer, composer, conductor and musicologist (1848-1933)
• Anastasius IIITpope
• Anastasius BibliothecariusDEantipope and chief archivist of the Catholic church
• Anastasius the FullerItalian Roman Catholic saint

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 15 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anastasius?

We estimate roughly 5.2 thousand people bear Anastasius (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Anastasius have the most bearers?

Anastasius is most frequently recorded in Greece, where it is most often spelled anastasios.

Where is Anastasius most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Anastasius is densest in Cyprus — about 1 in 419 people — even though Greece holds more of our records for it.

How common is Anastasius compared with other names?

In Greece, Anastasius is the 185th most common given name of 23,464 given names recorded there.

Is Anastasius a male or female name?

Anastasius is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Anastasius mean?

Recorded meaning: A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.