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Not a fan. And I haaaate Nastia. It's my #2 worst nickname. Sorry. I just... ick. Hideous. It provokes an almost physical reaction in me.

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While I hate Anastasia a rediculous amount (It's one of my pet hates), Asya is the only nn of about twenty thousand Russian Anastasia/Anastasiya (It's stupidly common, especially in Moscow) that I can stomach. I'd dislike it, but it makes Anastasia okay. I'm sorry, but it's horrible. I just...

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Middle names:
Agathe
Agnetha
Anja
Dorothea
Eleonora
Else
Emilie
Eva
Frida
Helena
Ida
Ina
Iris
Isabella
Laila
Lovise - Anastasia Lovise is actually pretty in a way
Lucia
Magdalena
Marina
Mathilde - Anastasia Mathilde?
Olivia
Petra
Runa
Siv
Sofia
Viktoria
Vivian

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All names can be improved by reversing the order - but that's just me. Just some suggestions!

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I prefer it pronounced ANNA-staysha.

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I don't like the NN Nastia, simply for the fact that it would be easy to call her Nasty.

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How about...

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Anastasia Gudrun
Anastasia Bronwen
Anastasia Sofia
Anastasia Ingrid
Anastasia Morgana

I've always thought Ingrid or Astrid would make good sisters for an Anastasia. Maybe Josephine?

I knew an Anastasia who pronounced it the way you do, and she's constantly having to tell people how to prn it her way. I wouldn't really mind, though. I think that a hard to prn name is much better than a name that's spelled a thousand different ways. Anyway, I love the sound of Anastasia, prnd both ways. As someone suggested before, I think Asya would be an adorable nn.

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Anastasia Cathrine (cah-treen)
Anastasia Cecilie
Anastasia Elisabeth
Anastasia Helene
Anastasia Laila (lah-EE-lah)
Anastasia Lovise
Anastasia Margrete
Anastasia Solveig
Anastasia Sylvie
Anastasia Therese

I prefer ah-nah-STAH-see-ah, but ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah is infinitely nicer than ann-uh-STAY-zha.

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Nastia is just WAY too nasty, though. My favorite nickname is Anya. I don't know if it's used in Russian for Anastasia, but I think it works perfectly. Ana / Anna would be my second choice.

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Anastasia Sunniva
Anastasia Ingrid
Anastasia Solveig
Anastasia Marina
Anastasia Isabel
Anastasia Violet
Anastasia Vivian / Vivienne
Anastasia Victoria
Anastasia Katherine / Catherine
Anastasia Camille
Anastasia Charlotte
Anastasia Hope
Anastasia Rosemary
Anastasia Rose
Anastasia Rosalie
Anastasia Iris
Anastasia Ivy
Anastasia Simone
Anastasia Caroline
Anastasia Madeline
Anastasia Margaret
Anastasia Corinne
Anastasia Lily
Anastasia Linnea

Too long and frilly for my tastes. I only like it pronounced "ah-nah-STAH-see-yuh" and like Ana or Sia best as a nn

Love it, especially ah-nah-STAH-see-uh. NNS: I like Annie, Anya, Annie, Stasia.

This message was edited 10/1/2011, 7:55 PM

I don't mind Anastasia but I think it sounds a bit too princessy and frilly. I also think of the singer Anastasia.

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I say it "ana-STAY-ze-uh" but some say "ana-STAH-zyuh" - I haven't heard it pronounced your way but I prefer it to "ana-STAH-zyuh".

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I think Nastia is a strange nickname, which I would avoid - it looks like the word "nasty" and sounds (to me) like "nastier". I would use Ana or Ania as a nickname.

I work in a hospital and there was this nurse named Anastasia. Her colleagues would make fun of her and call her anesthesia, lol. Lots of pts have heard her name and freaked out, thinking that they were going to be "put to sleep."