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Anastasia

feminine

75First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction
Evidence coverageHigh

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Greek

Why it works

  • a well-established name with a clear, learnable pronunciation

What to know

pronounced "an-ah-STAY-zhah" — may invite a pronunciation check on first meeting

Popularity

Familiar — #163 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Anastasia means Resurrection, or literally "a standing up again" (from Greek ana- "up/again" + histanai/stasis "to stand").

Strongly associated with Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition and with Eastern European naming culture; the name has been a top-ranked girls' name in Russia (formerly the single most popular, until overtaken by Sophia around 2008) and remains prominent in Belarus, Moldova, Serbia, Georgia, and Montenegro.

Documented origin: Greek

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englishan-uh-STAY-zhuh — US Englishresearched pronunciation
TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: moderate — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

Russian/Eastern European: ah-nah-stah-SEE-ah

Popularity without panic

Familiar — #163 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Familiar enough to feel established, distinctive enough to stand out.

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Real-world considerations

  • Familiar — #163 in the latest U.S. ranking.
  • Spelling note: Anastacia (c instead of s).
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