Atanasio

Fanciful and elegant, Atanasio is a rare option that could work as an elaborate alternative to the more popular Antonio, Alessio, or Alonso. It is the Spanish and Italian form of the Greek Athanasius, the name of a 4th-century saint with the cool meaning "immortal".

Baseball player Tony Perez was born Atanasio while Atanasio Girardot was a Colombian revolutionary and military officer during the Colombian and Venezuelan wars of Independence. There's also painter Atanasio Bimbacci and musician Atanasio Bello Montero.

Pronounced ah-tuh-NAH-see-o.