Comments for the name Anastasia

Anastasia was also the name of the last Grand Duchess of Russia, who is said to have escaped death when the rest of her family was massacred. Her death is one of the greatest mysteries in the world.

Anastasia was a Russian Tsar's daughter. Her family, including: her mother, father, three older sisters, and little brother were all said to be shot to death while imprisoned. Anastasia was said to be the only one to survive. All her families bodies were covered in acid and burnt. There was no evidence to suggest (or not suggest) that Anastasia shared the fate of her family.

Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra, was popularly believed for many years to have mysteriously survived the massacre that killed the rest of her family. When the remains of the royal family were examined, forensic scientists declared that there were no remains present that matched either Anastasia or her brother, Alexi. A woman calling herself Anna Anderson was believed by many people, including herself, to be Anastasia. A DNA test conducted in 1997, using a sample from Romanov descendant Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, proved that Anderson was not Anastasia, but a Polish factory worker who disappeared around the same time as the Romanov massacre. The Romanov remains were examined again before being interred in a royal tomb in Russia in 2002. This time, the scientists concluded that the bones of Anastasia were indeed present - it is her sister Maria's bones, in addition to Alexi's, that are missing.

Actually there is dispute among scientists as to whether it is Anastasia's body or Maria's missing.

Anastasia is a beautiful, elegant, grand name that anyone would be proud to have as their own.

The name Anastasia can also mean rebirth or resurrection.

Very regal name that also became a 1956 3-time Oscar nominated movie. Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for best actress in 1957.

As I know the name "Anastasia" means "Resurrection". I think I have one of the most beautiful names in the world. My French friend said that the number of letters "À" makes it very sexual.

The Russian pronunciation of this name is /ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah/.

A popular name, with a sexy background. It's a very beautiful name and brings up an impression of someone light-haired, thin, and beautiful.

A famous bearer in the Netherlands is Anna van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven. She is the daughter of prince Maurits and princess Marilene of Orange-Nassau. Actually her full name is: Anastasia Margriet Josephine. Her parents are still in the line of the Dutch throne.

Anastasia is the most beautiful name! The meaning and everything in it makes it the perfect name, for me.

The most commonly celebrated Name Day for Greeks with the name Anastasios and Anastasia is Greek Easter, as the name means "resurrection." This is a moveable feast day, falling on a different Sunday each year.

The name Anastasia means "she will rise again".

Classy! I love it either way you pronounce it.

There is a great song by Tori Amos called Yes, Anastasia.

Anastasia Krupnik was the main character of Lois Lowry's Anastasia books. I don't know if anyone else's read them, though!

Anastasia is the name of one of the wicked stepsisters in the fairytale "Cinderella."

Also Russian.

Staci Keanan´s real name is Anastasia Sagorsky.

I don't really like this name, it sounds cold and snootish, sorry if I offended anyone.

I studied Koine Greek in college, and did the etymology of my first name. Ana is a preposition which means 'back up' or 'up again', and stasis is the future form of the verb histemi, which means 'to stand' or 'to rise'. So the literal meaning of the name is 's/he who shall rise up again.' It was apparently given to children born around Easter during the early years of Christianity. I pronounce it ah-nah-stah-SI-Ah, which is the pronunciation used in Holland and Russia.

Beautiful name, but hard to pull off.

This is a wonderful name, and I would definitely consider naming my kid this.

We pronounce it a-na-STA-see-a because we feel it sounds more like Staci (which is my mommy's name).

A not so famous bearer is Megan Mullaly's character on Will&Grace, her name is Karen Walker, but her alias is Anastasia Beverhausen. Anastasia as in the Russian royal, and Beverhausen as in ... where the beaver lives.

I think that this name is very pretty. I've never known anyone who carried it but it is still nice.

Anastasia´s pet forms are Staci, Anaska, Anasta, Nastia, Tasia, Stasia.

Anastasia Piper is a minor character in Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House."

I love this name and it is even my Christian name. :D My 1st born daughter well be named Anastasia Marie (“Anastasia” after myself and the Grand Duchess Saint Anastasia).

Anastasia is a unique and beautiful name and I'm proud to have it.

Love the name, I am Russian and this name is quite popular in Russia, Nastya for short (which I don't like), but in English speaking coutries this name really sounds great, very regal, classy, noble, elegant, feminine, definitely not boring. I am considering it for a middle name for my daughter.

Another bearer of this name is Anastasia "Stacey" Elizabeth McGill, who is a character in the famed baby-sitter's Club series.

It´s also a Czech name. Name Day: 15th April.

Anastasia with the pet names Tasia, Tasoula, Stasa and Natasa is used quite commonly in Greece.

In relation to Anastasia Romanov, the remains of Aleksei and most likely Maria were just found this month (August 2007). Excerpts from a news article about it from the Associated Press.

Archaeologist says bones found in Russia belong to the missing son of czar Nicholas II.
By Mike Eckel, Associated Press
Article Launched: 08/24/2007 09:33:14 PM PDT

MOSCOW - Prosecutors announced Friday that they have reopened an investigation into the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist reported that he may have found the missing remains of Nicholas II's son and heir to the throne. The announcement of the reopened investigation signaled the government might be taking seriously the claims made Thursday by Yekaterinburg researcher Sergei Pogorelov.

In comments broadcast on NTV, Pogorelov said bones found in a burned area of ground near Yekaterinburg belong to a boy and a young woman roughly the ages of Nicholas' 13-year-old hemophiliac son, Alexei, and a daughter whose remains also never have been found.

Yekaterinburg is the Urals Mountain city where Czar Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra, and their five children were held prisoner by the communists and then shot in 1918. Pogorelov, an archaeologist at a regional center for the preservation of historical and cultural monuments in Yekaterinburg, said the spot where the remains were found appears to correspond to a site in a written description by Yakov Yurovsky, leader of the family's killers.

"An anthropologist has determined that the bones belong to two young individuals - a young male he found was aged roughly 10-13 and a young woman about 18-23," he told NTV television by telephone. Historians say guards shot the royal family and four attendants in the basement of a nobleman's house. The bodies were then loaded onto a truck and initially dumped in a mine shaft but were later moved, according to most accounts.

Parts of the bodies were exhumed in 1991 - the year the Soviet Union broke apart - and reburied in St. Petersburg in 1998. But two sets of remains weren't found then: those of Alexei and a daughter scientists believe was Maria.

According to NTV, a 1934 report based on Yurovsky's words indicated the bodies of nine victims were doused with sulfuric acid and buried along a road, while those of Alexei and a sister were burned and left in a pit nearby.

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6715202

I adore this name and its meaning "she will rise again". I would love to have a daughter and call her this, upper class sounding. My mother was going to name me and my twin brother after the two Russian tsars though my father changed my name to a pet form of Alexsandra.

Radu Sîrbu (the Romanian singer) has a daugher named Anastasia-Dalia. Beautiful, beautiful name. Okay maybe I am somewhat biased because it is Radu's daughter but, yknow.

There is an animated movie called Anastasia and it is a fictionalized version of the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. It came out in 1997.

Beautiful name. I only know one Anastasia and she goes by Asya (ah-see-ya) which I think is a really cute nickname.

Isn't this name used in Russia, too?

Yes, this name is also pure Russian. It is spelt Anastasiya in Russia, but this name is Russian, no matter how it is spelt. Also, a common pet name for Anastasia is Anya.

This is a great name. I think it sounds gorgeous and regal. I really like it.

Anastasia is also a city in Calvino's 'Invisible Cities', where it is a city of desire. It is described as a city which enslaves people with their desires when they believe that they are wholly enjoying it, and can either be benevolent or malignant on a whim.

This name is beautiful! I really adore this & I'm considering naming my child this in the near future.

This is the full name of Olympic gold-metal winning gymanst Anastasia (Nastia) Liukin.

This is a good name, but I don't like the chavvy nickname Stacy.

It sounds just as royal as it in fact is. I especially love Anya as a nickname, like what Anastasia went by in the animated movie (you know, before she found out who she was and beat the bad guy and lived happily ever after yadayada).

I'm sorry, but this comes off as a "snobby girl name" to me.

Love it but Anas sounds like Anal. Other than that, pretty name. I prefer names that start with C, K, or S. They sound more angelic to me.

I think it's pretty. It's not my favorite but I think it's pretty. "Stacie" is a good nickname or "Ana" I guess, Stacie is a better nickname than Ana though.

I love this name, but I don't know about nicknames. ): Stacie is a name I'm not too fond of, nor is Ana or Anya.

I think it's a really pretty name that sounds regal and sophisticated. However, when I was little, my grandma had a cat named Anastasia, and it was unordinarily fat so I always think of it when I hear the name. Also, one of my Catholic friends chose this as her conformation name, so I couldn't use it for a story or anything without her teasing me that I named someone after her. But I still think it's pretty and elegant.

Pronounced a-na-sta-SEE-a (Russian).

My friend's name is Anastasia, but all of us call her by nickname Nasty and it's funny. And her mother calls her Nastya. Her mom's Russian and in Russia all of girls named Anastasia people call Nastya or Stasya or Asya. It's true.

It's very weird because I usually don't like names that have too many a's. Like Annabella, Isabella, Mirabella, but I love this name. It is so classy and it's so pretty. It's not a name I would use on a daughter but if you plan or have a daughter named this, excellent choice.

Anastasia is my name and I absolutely love it! I've never had anybody tell me they don't like my name either. Most people think this name is Russian, but it is actually Greek, and I am half Greek. My nickname is Tasia (tay-shuh) and all my friends tell me they love it.

Anastasia is such a classy, elegant, pretty name. It suits many people from different countries, and it reminds me of winter somehow. I highly recommend this as a name.

This has been my favorite name ever since I first saw the animated movie "Anastasia" when I was seven. (It's still my favorite animated movie so far.) Even if I forgot the name for a time, I would always come back to it. I just can't get over how beautiful it is. I'm not fond of the Stacy nickname. Anya is nice, but since I'm not Russian I think that would be a bit odd to use--unless of course I marry a Russian! :-)
But honestly, I might not even use a nickname. What her friends would call her would be up to her, but if I named my daughter this, she would be Anastasia to me. :-)

Such a beautiful name. Who wouldn't like it? I don't like the nicknames, but Anastasia is a grand name and very princess-like.

Beautiful name. Lots of middle names go with this name.

Anastasia is a very grand and beautiful name just like the name Elizabeth.

My name is Anastasia, and I love it. I was named for the Russian Grand Duchess and my middle name is Nichole. (My mother included the "h" because of Czar Nicholas II.)

I get touchy as far as nicknames go. I abhor Ana, Annie, and Stasi. I am known among my friends mostly as Stasia or, my favorite: Stai. I think I would rather go by my first name in its entirety, but people shorten it as they please. :)

Anastasia holds the rank of being my favorite girl's name. It's classy, elegant, pretty, and can have many nicknames. I would name a child this in a heartbeat. If anyone is looking for the perfect girl's name, here it is!

I can't decide whether this name is elegant and regal or a pushed effort to be elegant and regal.

This name is so beautiful. It is not too common and it sounds classy for any girl. Asia is the prettiest nickname in my opinion. :)

My name is Anastasia, and I was named after my Great Grandmother from Mexico. In Mexico my nickname is Tachita since my Great Granmother's was Tacha. Other nicknames I have are Ana, Anya, and Stacia. My favorite nickname is Tachita. I love the name Anastasia, it is a rare and beautiful name.

It was proven without a doubt that Anastasia Romanov did NOT survive the massacre that killed her family in 1918. Her and her brother's remains were found separate from her three sisters and parents. DNA testing done in 2008 and 2009 proves that none of the Romanovs escaped the execution.

Rumors that she was alive were perpetuated by the Bolsheviks themselves because Germany wanted assurances that the princesses "of German blood" were safe. At this point, they had already murdered the royal family, but since the WWI conflict was drawing to a close, they lied about it, rather than stir up more resentment.

Such a gorgeous name! I love it!

Also, a cute nickname could be Annie! I know a girl that goes by this.

I love the story of Anastasia Romanov. Recently I went to an exhibit called History's Mysteries at a museum and they said that it's really Olga Romanov's body who was missing! Alexei Romanov's body was missing as well, but it was thought to have burned completely because of his condition.

Oh, and I like this name. :) Haha. Kind of got off topic.

I have another comment to make on this name: Stana would be a really cute nickname.

Anastasia is one of my two favorite names right now :) I have a thing for older names (but not too old).

This name derives from the Greek word: ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΣ=resurraction, rising. Referring to Jesus Christ.

Diminutive: Sia (American)

Note: Many citizens of the United States cannot pronounce the name Anastasia in its Russian and Greek forms, thus the diminutive/nickname Sia (pronounced See-uh).

The diminutive: SIA is used also in contemporary Greek, not due to difficulty of pronouncing the full name Anastasia, but for simplicity.

This is such a beautiful name, who couldn't like Anastasia? Nicknames Staci, Ana, Stasia and Ani.

My middle name is Anastasia. I love it, I think it's beautiful and unique. I've never met anybody with this name.

Anastasia Romanovna (1532?-1560) was the first wife of Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) of Russia; out of hundreds of eligible young noblewomen ordered to participate in a "bridal contest" in 1547, the young Ivan chose Anastasia. By all accounts, she was his soul-mate; it was common knowledge throughout Russia that she was the only one who could calm and moderate her irascible husband and he accomplished many great things during their marriage. Anastasia, Ivan's beloved "little heifer" (his pet name for her), bore Ivan six children, only two of whom survived to adulthood. Her suspicious death in 1560 devastated Ivan and Russia; without Anastasia, his calming influence, nothing could control Ivan's rage. Ivan suspected nobles of poisoning her (they did not like Anastasia, feeling that she was from an upstart family) and did not hesitate to take revenge.

Pierce Hawthorne of the sitcom "Community" comically bears Anastasia as his middle name. It is implied his spiteful father gave him a female middle name to emasculate him.

This name is a mouthful. I've never been a fan of it. I think it has a harsh and ugly sound.

American child actress Anastasia Mili (born 2000 in Detroit, Michigan).

American ice dancer Anastasia Cannuscio (born 1992 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

My name is Annastasia, with a double 'n'. I have to spell it to people constantly, but other than that I really like having it. I always get complimented on it when I introduce myself.

As a nickname I almost always go by Anna, but some people call me Stacy, Stasi, or Sia.

According to tradition, this was Roxelana's given name.

This is the italian form of the name too.

Some of the most beautiful women on this planet have been named Anastasia. For example, Anastasia Karlovich, the Ukrainian chess master.

This name is beautiful!!
I think that the Russian pronounciation "ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah" is the nicest. I can't stand the english "a-nə-STAY-zhə" pronounciation.