Anastasia is a Russian female name, the female form of the male name Anastasius (Anastas), from other Greek. - "return to life, resurrection, rebirth" ("returned to life").
Colloquial forms: Nastasia and Nastasia, colloquial: Anastasia and Nastasia.
The most common abbreviation in Russian is Nastya.
Derived forms: Anastasiyushka, Anastaska, Nastasya, Nastya (Nastya), Nasya (Nasa), Nata, Naya, Nayusya, Nyusya, Nastenka, Nastya, Tyona, Nastya, Nastusya, Tusya, Nastyulya (Nastulya), Nastyunya (Nastunya), Nastyura , Styura, Nastyuha, Nastyusha, Nastyakha, Stasya, Tasya, Taya, Asya, Asyusha, Syusha, Asyuta, Syuta.
The diminutive form of Nastenka became especially popular after the release of the film Frost. In her 2005 interview, linguist, historian of Russian names Alexandra Superanskaya noted:
A complete triumph - in the name of Anastasia. I was recently on the Black Sea, and in the courtyard of the house where we lived, there were eight Nastyas under the age of 12. And in Moscow, in every yard there is always Nastya.
