Athanasius
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning immortal, deathless.
Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Athanasius by the numbers
Athanasius was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Athanasius. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Athanasiosimmortal; deathless6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean eternity
Like Athanasius, each of these has eternity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ericeternal ruler2,757 in the US (2017)
- Ericketernal ruler; a form of Erik or Eric1,433 in the US (2017)
- Eriketernal ruler; ever powerful895 in the US (2017)
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalideternal; immortal; everlasting185 in England and Wales (2025)
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