Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Scripts Ἀθανάσιος(Ancient Greek)
Meaning
From the Greek name Ἀθανάσιος (Athanasios) meaning “immortal”, from Greek ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with θάνατος (thanatos) meaning “death”. Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.