The name Athanasios means "immortal" from Greek "a" (a negative prefix) and "thanatos" meaning "death".
Famous bearers
Bearers include Athanasios of Emesa (now Homs in Syria), a Byzantine jurist living in the 6th century;
Athanasios Christopoulos (1772 - 1847), a Greek poet;
Athanasios Diakos (1788 - 1821), a Greek military commander and a national hero.
