Athanasios

ath-ah-NAY-shus; ath-ah-NAY-zee-us; ah-thah-NAH-see-os
Greek
"immortal"

Athanasios Origin and Meaning

The name Athanasios is a boy's name meaning "immortal".

A bold choice outside its its native Greece where it would feel familiar. Athanasius is the spelling Americans are more familiar with — St. Athanasius of Alexandria is considered one of the founders of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Athanasios Popularity

Famous People Named Athanasios

  • Athanasios Diakos
    Greek Revolutionary hero
  • Athanasios "Thanasis" Klaras aka Ares or Aris Velouchiotis
    Greek resistance leader during WWII
  • Athanasios "Thanasis" Antetokounmpo
    Greek basketball player
  • Athanasios "Thanasis" Papakonstantinou
    Greek singer,songwriter
  • Athanasios "Tom" Asimakopulos
    Canadian economist
  • Athanasios Papoulis
    Greek,American engineer
  • Athanasios Polychronopoulos
    Greek,American poker player
  • Athanasios Orphanides
    Cypriot economist
  • Athanasios Psalidas
    Greek author and scholar

Athanasios in Pop Culture

  • Revd. Athanasius Rook
    character in Thackeray's short story Captain Rook (from Character Sketches, 1841); father of the titular crook and blackguard, Captain Tom Rook