Anastacia
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Anonymous
| Nothing. So many kids have weird names now, and not just the spelling. |
Anonymous
+1. It’s really annoying to post cryptic threads. |
Anonymous
No kidding. Anastacia isn't even close to the weirdest name in my dd's class. Even weirder is having half the girls named Olivia/Ava/Sophia. 3 Sophia's in her class alone. Why would anyone name their kid from the top 10 list of the past 5 years? I'd rather be named Hannastazzia than Sophia #485375 if I were in that age range. Geesh! |
Anonymous
| I’d think, oh gosh I hope I don’t mess this kid’s name up too badly when I talk to their parent. |
Anonymous
I assume the parents are from a different cultural background and know that YOU are an idiot. |
Anonymous
| Fussy |
Anonymous
| I'd assume eastern european background and they tried to get around the anast-ASIA pronunciation. As someone mentioned, the name is most likely pronounced - ana-stah-see-ya - soft and feminine with an accent on "see" and i love it! |
Anonymous
Likely from Latin America, and according to the comments, also used in Finland an Bulgaria. https://www.behindthename.com/name/anastacia |
Anonymous
| You should know the diminutive of Anastasia in Russian is Nastia, and I wouldn't wish this name on an American child. |
Anonymous
| I think of the singer Anastacia, who spells her name that way. |
Anonymous
Russian speaker here. In Russian, the name is pronounced with the “see-ya” ending, and the stress is on “see”. Ah-nah-stah-SEE-ya. And yes, “Nastya” is a common diminutive. |