Anastazja
From the Greek for "resurrection". It reached a high point in the 2010s and is given a little less often now, though it still rings familiar across Poland.
Anastazja Pronunciation
Anastazja is pronounced ah-nahs-TAHZ-yah (/anasˈtazja/).
What Anastazja means
Where Anastazja comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Anastazja traces back to Greek anastasis, the word for resurrection. In Polish that is zmartwychwstanie. Early Christians took to the name for its plain promise, and one of its bearers, Saint Anastasia, an early martyr, is still commemorated on 25 December.
The root travelled east and west without losing its shape. In the South Slavic and Baltic sphere the same name appears as Anastasija, a variant that shows the Greek outline a little more plainly than the Polish spelling. Everyday speech wears it down to Nastka or Stasia, forms a school register might list beside the full entry.
Few Polish names wear their meaning so openly. The resurrection sense here is the origin itself, present from the very first use. So Anastazja means exactly what anastasis meant.
When Anastazja celebrates name day
Anastazja appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 15 April.
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 Anastazja
1 in 895 women in Poland is named Anastazja. 25,179 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #254 among female names.
Anastazja's popularity over time
928 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #72 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Anastazja is most popular
Anastazja is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 44% above the national average (620 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+37%) and Warmian-Masurian (+35%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie, 33% and 30% below average respectively.
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian620 girls born+44%
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West Pomeranian456 girls born+37%
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Warmian-Masurian382 girls born+35%
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Pomeranian752 girls born+30%
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Lubusz246 girls born+26%
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Greater Poland1,016 girls born+20%
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Podlaskie307 girls born+19%
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Lower Silesian638 girls born+3%
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Lublin414 girls born+2%
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Silesian918 girls born+2%
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Opole173 girls born−5%
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Łódź433 girls born−13%
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Masovian1,057 girls born−24%
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Subcarpathian348 girls born−27%
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Świętokrzyskie152 girls born−30%
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Lesser Poland594 girls born−33%
Anastazja as a middle name
Anastazja is a first name for 25,179 women in Poland and a middle name for another 16,036, a 61/39 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 94th, between Olga (16,119) and Zdzisława (14,646).
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#92 Bernadeta16,482
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#93 Olga16,119
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#94 Anastazja16,036
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#95 Zdzisława14,646
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#96 Klara13,639