Athan is a
Greek
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male given name, which means "eternal life" or "immortal" or "rising sun". It can be a variant of
Athanasios
Athanasios (), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), Sakis (Σάκης), and ...
, and is of rising popularity among younger Greek parents in the
Diaspora
A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of birth, place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently resi ...
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The name Athan may refer to:
People
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Athan Catjakis (1931-2022), American politician
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Athan Iannucci (born 1982), Canadian lacrosse player.
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Athan Karras
Athan Karras (September 27, 1927 – February 12, 2010) was a Greek-born American dancer, instructor and actor.
Early life
Karras was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He came to the United States when he was about 12. He served in the United S ...
(1927–2010), American dancer and dance instructor
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Athan Maroulis
Athanasios Demetrios Maroulis (born September 22, 1964) is an actor, vocalist and record producer born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the older brother of singer Constantine Maroulis and also has a sister, Anastasia.
Athan Maroulis formed the New ...
(born 1964), American singer and actor
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Athan Theoharis
Athan George Theoharis (August 3, 1936 – July 3, 2021) was an American historian, professor of history at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As well as his extensive teaching career, he was noteworthy as an expert on the Federal B ...
(1936–2021), American historian
See also
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Athanase
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Athanasius (disambiguation)
Athanasios (), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), Sakis (Σάκης), and ...
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Ethan
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St Athan
St Athan () is a village and community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated t ...
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Greek masculine given names
Masculine given names