Athanas Family History

American shortened form of Greek patronymics such as Athanasakis, Athanasakopoulos, Athanasakos, Athanasatos, Athanasiadis, Athanasias, Athanasiou, or Athanasopoulos derived from the personal name Athanasios meaning ‘immortal’ (see Attanasio). Compare Athan, Athans, and Athas.

In some cases, it is also an American shortened and altered form of Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbian patronymics from the personal name Atanas or Atanasije (from Greek Athanasios; see Attanasio).

Examples include Bulgarian and Macedonian Atanasov and Serbian Atanasijević.