Atanazy
From Greek, the name means "immortal". Most Poles have never met one: only a couple dozen carry it, though a few boys get it each year now.
Atanazy Pronunciation
Atanazy is pronounced ah-tah-NAH-zih (/ataˈnazɨ/).
What Atanazy means
Where Atanazy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Atanazy comes from the Greek Athanasios. The name joins a-, meaning without, to thanatos, death. Put together it means immortal, in Polish nieśmiertelny. The sense is bold for a person. A human being does not outlast death, yet the name insists otherwise.
The most documented bearer is Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, the fourth-century bishop who argued against Arius over the divinity of Christ. His name attached itself to the Athanasian Creed, a text still read in some churches. Through him the Greek word travelled into Latin, and later into Polish as Atanazy.
In a Polish class register the name stands out among the Piotrs and Jakubs. The imieniny falls on 2 May, shared with the same Athanasius of Alexandria. A child answering to Atanazy carries a Greek promise of no death, spelled the Polish way.
When Atanazy celebrates name day
Atanazy appears 6 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 5 July.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Atanazy
1 in 762364 men in Poland is named Atanazy. 28 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7797 among male names.
Atanazy's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1472 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022.
Where Atanazy is most popular
Atanazy is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 boys born+510%
Atanazy as a middle name
Atanazy is a first name for 28 men in Poland and a middle name for another 52, a 35/65 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1038th, between Achilles (52) and Danilo (52).
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#1036 Rościsław53
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#1037 Achilles52
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#1038 Atanazy52
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#1039 Danilo52
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#1040 Dietmar52