Athanas Family History
Athanas Name Meaning
American shortened form of Greek patronymics such as Athanasakis Athanasakopoulos Athanasakos Athanasatos Athanasiadis Athanasias Athanasiou or Athanasopoulos derived from the personal name Athanasios meaning ‘immortal’ (see Attanasio ). Compare Athan Athans and Athas . In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of Bulgarian Macedonian or Serbian patronymics from the personal name Atanas or Atanasije (from Greek Athanasios; see Attanasio ) such as Bulgarian and Macedonian Atanasov and Serbian Atanasijević.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
