The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἈναστάσιος
- Latin · learned borrowing fromAnastasius
- English todayAnastasius
From Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”). The name and its more common female counterpart, Anastasia, were originally given to children who were born around Eastertime during the early years of Christianity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.