- Means “one who shall rise again,” or “resurrection”
- From the Latin first name Anastasius (Anastasios in Greek) which in early Christian times was a favorite name for boys born on Easter
- Often a shortened form of the feminine names Anastasia and Anastacia
- May be a shortened form of Eustace/Eustacia
- Variants include Staci, Stacy, Stacey, Stacy, Stacie, Stacia, Stasya