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anastasia Name Meaning and History

  1. from the personal name Anastasia, feminine form of Anastasio. Anastasia was a popular personal name in medieval southern Europe because of the cult of a 4th-century saint who was martyred at Sirmium in Dalmatia. She was widely venerated, especially in the Eastern Church.
  2. in some instances, perhaps a habitational name from the place name Santa Anastasìa, in Naples province.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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anastasia Family Facts

Distribution of anastasia Families in the US in 1920
Number of anastasia families
 10-17
 4-9
 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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