Nastasiia
The Ukrainian spelling of Anastazja, from the Greek word for resurrection. Fewer than 200 women in Poland carry this form, so most people here have never met one.
Nastasiia Pronunciation
Nastasiia is pronounced nahs-TAHSH-yah (/nasˈtaɕja/).
What Nastasiia means
Where Nastasiia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nastasiia grows from the Greek word „anastasis," which means resurrection. The Polish register files it under Anastazja, the variant most parents here recognize. Diminutives branch from there, Nastia among them. The short meaning holds in both languages: resurrection, and in Polish zmartwychwstanie.
The Greek root is old and literal. It named a rising, a standing up after death. Early Christians took it as a martyr's name, and Anastasia of Sirmium, killed under Diocletian, carried it into the church calendar. The Ukrainian form Nastasiia keeps that Greek bone while sounding at home in Kyiv or Lviv.
On an official form at the urząd the long spelling holds, while friends default to Nastia, the short form that travels fastest.
Nastasiia means resurrection, and its Polish sister is Anastazja.
How many people are named Nastasiia
1 in 130311 women in Poland is named Nastasiia. 173 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2429 among female names.