Panas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Panas

What is the meaning of the name Panas ?

The baby name Panas is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈpɑnɑs/; respelling: PAH-nahs.

Panas is Ukrainian in Origin.

Panas is a Ukrainian masculine given name (Панас), a vernacular form of Opanas (Опанас), which ultimately descends from Greek Athanasios through Church Slavonic Afanasii. The Greek root a- (“not”) + thanatos (“death”) yields the meaning “immortal; deathless.” In modern use Panas functions both as an independent name and as a hypocoristic of Opanas, and it has also produced the Ukrainian surname Panas.

The name was widespread in 19th–early 20th‑century Ukraine and is borne by notable figures such as the realist writer Panas Myrny and the actor-director Panas Saksahansky. Cross‑language equivalents include Opanas (Ukrainian), Afanasii/Afanasy (Russian), Athanasios (Greek), Athanasius (Latin), Athanase (French), Atanas (Bulgarian/Macedonian), and Atanasio (Spanish/Italian). Related variants and nicknames in Ukrainian families may appear as Opanas, Panasko, or Panasyk. Not to be confused with Greek Panos (from Panagiotis) or with the Indonesian word panas (“hot”), this name carries a venerable, meaning‑rich heritage.

⚙ Panas is seldom given. We have only 70 recorded uses of it on record, from 23 countries.