Tassos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tassos

What is the meaning of the name Tassos ?

The baby name Tassos is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAH-sos.

Tassos is Greek in Origin.

Tassos is a Greek masculine hypocoristic of Anastasios, Greek Ἀναστάσιος, built on ἀνάστασις, resurrection. The noun combines ἀνά, up or again, with στάσις, standing, from the Indo-European-rooted verb ἵστημι, to stand. In Christian Greek, anastasis became the technical word for the Resurrection, so the personal name carries the literal sense of resurrection or one associated with rising again.

Modern Greek normally writes the short form Τάσος, transliterated Tasos; Tassos reflects either Τάσσος or an English-style doubling of s. It is used in Greece, Cyprus, and Greek diaspora communities, especially as a familiar form rather than a baptismal full name. The fuller Anastasios is tied to Easter in Orthodox naming custom, while Anastasios the Persian, a seventh-century martyr, is commemorated on 22 January; these calendars explain some nameday variation. Related forms include Latin Anastasius and Italian Anastasio.