Behind the Name: Lepotica's Personal Name List

Aikaterini

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek

Other Scripts: Αικατερίνη(Greek)

Pronounced: eh-ka-teh-REE-nee

Alternate transcription of Greek Αικατερίνη (see Ekaterini).

Anastasia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Ancient Greek

Other Scripts: Αναστασία(Greek) Анастасия(Russian) Анастасія(Ukrainian, Belarusian) ანასტასია(Georgian) Ἀναστασία(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: a-na-sta-SEE-a(Greek) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yə(Russian) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yu(Ukrainian) a-na-sta-SYEE-ya(Belarusian) an-ə-STAY-zhə(English) a-na-STA-sya(Spanish) a-na-STA-zya(Italian) A-NA-STA-SEE-A(Classical Greek)

Feminine form of Anastasius. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Due to her, the name has been common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (in various spellings). As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the youngest daughter of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II, who was rumoured to have escaped the execution of her family in 1918.

Anastasios

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek

Other Scripts: Αναστάσιος(Greek) Ἀναστάσιος(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: A-NAS-TA-SEE-OS(Classical Greek)

Greek form of Anastasius.

Anastasius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Ἀναστάσιος(Ancient Greek)

Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀναστάσιος (Anastasios), which meant "resurrection" from Greek ἀνάστασις (anastasis) (composed of the elements ἀνά (ana) meaning "up" and στάσις (stasis) meaning "standing"). This was the name of numerous early saints and martyrs, including a 7th-century monk and writer from Alexandria who is especially venerated in the Eastern Church.

Katerina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Macedonian, Albanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman

Other Scripts: Катерина(Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian) Κατερίνα(Greek)

Pronounced: kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian)

Macedonian and Albanian form of Katherine, a Russian short form of Yekaterina, a Bulgarian short form of Ekaterina, and a Greek variant of Aikaterine.