Anastasius

For the 1819 novel Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Modern Greek, see Thomas Hope (designer).

Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word ἀνάστασις (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". Its female form is Anastasia (). A diminutive form of Anastasios is Tassos () or Tasos ().

People

Byzantine emperors

• Anastasius I Dicorus, reign 491–518
• Anastasios II (died 719), reign 713–715

Popes of Rome

• Pope Anastasius I, papacy 399–401
• Pope Anastasius II, papacy 496–498
• Pope Anastasius III, papacy 911–913
• Pope Anastasius IV, papacy 1153–1154

Other Christian saints and clergy

• Saint Anastasius, martyr under Nero
• Saint Anastasius the Fuller (died 304), martyr and patron saint of fullers and weavers
• Saint Anastasius of Lleida (c. 263–11 May 305)
• Anastasius of Jerusalem, patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 458 to 478
• Anastasius of Suppentonia (died 570), abbot
• Pope Anastasius of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616
• Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people
• Saint Anastasius of Persia (died 628), Persian martyr
• Saint Anastasius of Pavia (died 680), bishop of Pavia
• Anastasius of Armenia, successor of Nerses III the Builder as Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667
• Saint Anastasius Sinaita (fl. 7th century), theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt. Sinai
• Anastasius (abbot of Euthymius) (fl. 8th century)
• Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754
• Anastasius Bibliothecarius (c. 810–878), librarian of the Church of Rome, scholar and statesman, sometimes identified as an Antipope

Astrik or Saint Anastasius of Pannonhalma, ambassador of Stephen I of Hungary

• Anastasius, Cardinal-priest of the title of San Clemente, c. 1102–c.1125
• Anastasius Germonius (1551–1627), Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer
• Anastasius Crimca (c. 1550–1629), Moldavian Eastern Orthodox clergyman, calligrapher, illuminator and writer
• Anastasius the Melodist (Hymnographer), believed to be a name of three or more melodists, one of whom is believed to have been a contemporary of Rhomanos
• Joseph Wenzel Franz Anastasius (1767–1842), Prince of the House of Liechtenstein, priest and general in the Austrian army
• Anastasius Hartmann (1803–1886), Capuchin, missionary in India and Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna and Bombay
• Anastasius Gribanovsky (1873–1965), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
• Anastasios (1929–2025), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania

Politicians and military

• Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Cypriot athlete and volunteer in the Greek army for the Greco-Turkish war of 1897
• Anastasios Balkos (1916–1995), Greek politician
• Anastasios Charalambis (1862–1949), Greek officer and interim Prime Minister of Greece
• Anastasios Chatzivasileiou (born 1981), Greek politician
• Anastasios Christopoulos (1805–1854), Greek lawyer and revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence
• Anastasios Dalipis (1896–1949), Greek Army officer and politician
• Anastasius Fétul (1816–1886), Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure
• Anastasios Giannitsis (born 1944), Greek politician, academic and business executive
• Anastasios Karatasos (1764–1830), Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence
• Anastasios Kourakis (1948–2021), Greek politician, pediatrician and geneticist
• Anastasios Londos (1791–1856), Greek politician and senator
• Anastasios Manakis (c. 1790–1864), Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence
• Anastasios Mavromichalis (1798–1870), Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence and politician
• Anastasios Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek footballer and politician
• Anastasios Nerantzis (1944–2021), Greek politician
• Anastasios Papaligouras (born 1948), Greek politician
• Anastasios Papoulas (1857–1935), Greek general during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922
• Anastasios Peponis (1924–2011), Greek politician
• Anastasios Pichion (1836–1913), Greek educator and revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle
• Anastasios Polyzoidis (1802–1873), Greek politician and judicial official
• Anastasios Tsamados (1774–1825), Greek admiral of the Greek War of Independence
• Anastasios Voulgaris (died 1839), Bulgarian-born Greek revolutionary during the Greek War of independence

Sports

• Anastasios Anastasopoulos (1915–1981), Greek chess player
• Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Greek Cypriot athlete and soldier in the Greco-Turkish war of 1897
• Anastasios Antonakis (born 1992), Greek basketball player
• Anastasios Avlonitis (born 1990), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Bakasetas (born 1993), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Bavelas (born 1968), Greek tennis player
• Anastasios Bountouris (born 1955), Greek Olympic medalist in sailing
• Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (born 1997), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Christofileas (born 1988), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Dentsas (born 1982), Greek footballer and coach
• Anastasios Dimas (born 1988), Greek basketball player
• Anastasios Dimitriadis (born 1997), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Donis (born 1996), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Douvikas (born 1999), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Gavrilis (born 1952), Greek sailor
• Anastasios Gousis (born 1979), Greek sprinter
• Anastasios Kakos (born 1970), Greek football referee
• Anastasios Kantoutsis (born 1994), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Karagiozis (born 1997), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Karakoutsis (born 1983), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Karamanos (born 1990), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Katsabis (born 1973), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Kissas (born 1988), Cypriot footballer
• Anastasios Kritikos (footballer, born 1914), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Kritikos (footballer, born 1995), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Kyriakos (born 1978), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Lagos (born 1992) Greek footballer
• Anastasios Lordos (born 1949), Cypriot sport shooter
• Anastasios Markopoulos (born 1949), Greek basketball player and coach
• Anastasios Meletidis (born 1999), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek sport shooter and architect
• Anastasios Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek footballer and politician
• Anastasios Mousidis (1934–2010), Greek wrestler
• Anastasios Pantos (born 1976), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Papachristos (born 1993), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Papakonstantinou (born 1963), Greek bobsledder
• Anastasios Papanastasiou (born 1964), Greek water polo player
• Anastasios Papazoglou (born 1988), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Pastos (born 1978), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Rousakis (born 1985), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Salonidis (born 1979), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Sapountzis (born 2002), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Schizas (born 1977), Greek water polo player
• Anastasios Sidiropoulos (born 1979), Greek football referee
• Anastasios Spyropoulos (born 1995), Greek basketball player
• Anastasios Theodorakis (1902-unknown), Greek water polo player
• Anastasios Triantafyllou (born 1987), Greek weightlifter
• Anastasios Triantafyllou (footballer) (born 1979), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Tselios (born 2002), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Tsikaris (born 1966), Greek water polo player
• Anastasios Tsiou, Greek Paralympian athlete
• Anastasios Tsokanis (born 1991), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Tsoumagas (born 1991), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Vasiliadis (born 1974), Greek tennis player
• Anastasios Vatistas (born 1945), Greek sailor
• Anastasios Venetis (born 1980), Greek footballer
• Anastasios Vogiatzis (born 1936), Greek sailor
• Anastasios Zarkadas (born 1994), Greek footballer

Other people named Anastasius

• Anastasius the jurist (fl. 5th or 6th century), Roman jurist
• Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus (fl. 6th century), Byzantine statesman
• Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (fl. 6th century), Byzantine statesman
• Anastasius of Samaria (fl. 6th century), Byzantine official
• Anastasius Fétul (1816–1886), Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure
• Anastasius Nordenholz (1862–1953), German-Argentine author

Other people named Anastasios

• Anastasios Bakirtzis (born 1956), Greek electrical and computer engineer
• Anastasios Christomanos (1841–1906), Greek chemist
• Anastasios Christodoulou (1932–2002), Greek Cypriot university administrator
• Anastasios Isaac (1972–1996), Greek Cypriot refugee murdered during a demonstration
• Anastasios John Kanellopoulos, Greek-American eye surgeon
• Anastasios Koulouriotis (1822–1887), Arvanite Greek writer
• Anastasios Kyriakides (born 1946), Greek-American businessman
• Anastasios George Leventis (1902–1975), Greek Cypriot businessman
• Anastasios Melis, Greek-American biologist
• Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and sport shooter
• Anastasios Michail (c. 1675–1722), Greek scholar
• Anastasios Nyfadopoulos (born 1992), Greek artist
• Anastasios Orlandos (1887–1979), Greek archeologist and architect
• Anastasios Rouvas (born 1972), Greek singer, actor and businessman
• Anastasios Soulis (born 1987), Swedish actor
• Anastasios Tagis (1839–1900), Greek scholar and philological teacher
• Anastasios Tsonis, Greek-American atmospheric scientist
• Anastasios Venetsanopoulos (1941–2014), Greek-Canadian engineer

Pseudonym

• Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Anastasius Grün

See also

• Anastasia
• Anastasio
• Anastacio (name)