Nastassja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-STAH-sha
- Origin
- Greek
Nastassja is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “resurrection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nastassja mean?
Greek: variant of Anastasia, via Slavic Nastasia
“resurrection”
A variant of Anastasia, in use across Slavic languages, from the Greek word for resurrection.
Is Nastassja a girl's or a boy's name?
Nastassja is a girls' name.
How popular is Nastassja in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7 girls.
Nastassja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Nastassja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Nastassja in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nastassja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,927 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
Names like Nastassja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nafisa, Halima, Khadija, Nabiha, Alisha, Naima, Hiba, Habiba, Safa, Fariha, Amira, Faiza
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nastassja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nastassja, updated 20 October 2026.