Anastasia

English

Etymology

From the name of a 4th-century martyr, Ancient Greek Ἀναστασία (Anastasía), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”). The name, and its male counterpart Anastasius, were originally given to children who were born around Eastertime during the early years of Christianity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn.əˈsteɪ.ʒə/, /æn.əˈsteɪ.ʃə/, /æn.əˈsteɪ.ʒi.ə/, /æn.əˈstɑ.si.ə/, /ɑ.nəˈstɑ.si.ə/, /ɑ.nəˈstɑ.ʃə/, /æn.əˈsteɪ.ʃi.ə/

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Proper noun

Anastasia

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A surname

Alternative forms

• Anastacia
• Anastatia
• Anastazia

Derived terms

• Anastacia
• Anastatia
• Nastasia
• Nastassia
• Nastenka
• Nastia
• Stacee
• Stacey
• Stacy
• Stasia
• Statia
• Tacha
• Tasia

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: أَنَاسْتَازْيَا f (ʔanāstāzyā), أَنَسْتَسِيَّة f (ʔanastasiyya)
• Aragonese: Anastasia f
• Belarusian: Наста́сся f (Nastássja)
• Bulgarian: Анаста́сия f (Anastásija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿納斯塔西婭 / 阿纳斯塔西娅 (Ānàsītǎxīyà), 安娜塔西亞 / 安娜塔西亚 (Ānnàtǎxīyà)

• Czech: Anastázie (cs) f
• Esperanto: Anastazio
• French: Anastasia (fr) f, Anastasie (fr) f
• German: Anastasia (de) f
• Greek: Αναστασία (el) f (Anastasía)
• Hungarian: Anasztázia (hu)
• Ingrian: Nastasja
• Italian: Anastasia (it) f
• Latvian: Anastasija f
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: На̄ста (Nāsta)

• Neapolitan: Nastàsë
• Occitan: Anastasiá f, Anastasia f, Ostàsia f
• Polish: Anastazja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Anastácia (pt) f
• Russian: Анастаси́я (ru) f (Anastasíja), Наста́сья (ru) f (Nastásʹja)
• Slovak: Anastázia f
• Spanish: Anastacia f, Anastasia (es)
• Ukrainian: Анастасі́я f (Anastasíja)
• Venetan: Nastaxia (vec) f

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anasˈtasja/ [a.nasˈt̪a.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: A‧nas‧ta‧sia

Proper noun

Anastasia f

1. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Anastasia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanasˈtasja/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɐsˈt̪aː.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔanasˈtasja/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɐsˈt̪as.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: A‧nas‧tas‧ia
• Homophones: anastasya, Anastacia

Proper noun

Anastasia (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜐ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]