THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Anastasia
Anastasia is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Anastasia.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ʔanasˈtasja/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɐ.n̪ɐsˈt̪aː.ʃɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ʔanasˈtasja/no palatal assimilation
- [ʔɐ.n̪ɐsˈt̪as.jɐ]no palatal assimilation
A · nas · tas · ia4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /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/
Spanish
- /anasˈtasja/
- [a.nasˈt̪a.sja]
A · nas · ta · sia4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Anastasia.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Anastasia (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Anastasia (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name
Wiktionary: Anastasia (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Anastasia in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Anastasia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Anastacia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anastacio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Alyssia·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Anania·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ananias·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anatolio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Anesia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Anastasia?
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- Wiktionary contributors — Anastasia (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anastasia (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Anastasia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.