Meanings
- uncommonA male given name from Ancient Greek.
Coordinate term: Athanasia (feminine form)
1 more example
Athanasius of Alexandria’s thirty-ninth Festal Letter remains one of the most significant documents in the history of the Christian Bible. Athanasius wrote the letter, which contains the first extant list of precisely the twenty-seven books of the current New Testament canon, in 367 C.E., during the final decade of his life.
2010 January, David Brakke, “A New Fragment of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter: Heresy, Apocrypha, and the Canon”, in Harvard Theological Review, volume CIII, № 1, page 47
Origin
- Ancient GreekἈθανάσιος
- LatinAthanasius
- EnglishAthanasius
Borrowed from Latin Athanasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), from ἀθανάσιος (athanásios, “immortal”), from ἀθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”). Doublet of Athanasios and Afanasy. Compare Ambrose.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος
- Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios)male given name
Bulgarian Атанас
- Атанас (Atanas)male given name
Esperanto Atanazio
- Atanaziomale given name
French Athanase
- Athanasemale given name
German Athanasius
- Athanasiusmale given name
Greek Αθανάσιος
- Αθανάσιος (Athanásios)male given name
Hungarian Atanáz
- Atanázmale given name
Italian Atanasio
- Atanasiomale given name
Latin Athanasius
- Athanasiusmale given name
Lithuanian Atanazas
- Atanazasmale given name
Polish Atanazy
- Atanazymale given name
Portuguese Atanásio
- Atanásiomale given name
Romanian Atanasie
- Atanasiemale given name
Russian Афана́сий
- Афана́сий (Afanásij)male given name
Ukrainian Афана́сій, Пана́с
- Афана́сій (Afanásij)male given name
- Пана́с (Panás)male given name
- Опана́с (Opanás)male given name
Vietnamese Athanasiô
- Athanasiômale given name
Cite this entry
Athanasius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Athanasius
“Athanasius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Athanasius. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Athanasius,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Athanasius.
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