The fourth grand duchess was named for the fourth-century martyr St. Anastasia, known as "the breaker of chains" because, in honor of her birth, her father pardoned and reinstated students who had been imprisoned for participating in riots in St. Petersburg and Moscow the previous winter.
A gran duquesa recibiu o seu nome en honra da mártir do século IV Anastasia de Sirmium, coñecida como a "rompedora de cadeas" debido a que, polo seu nacemento, o tsar perdoou e rehabilitou un grupo de estudantes que estaban en prisión por participar nuns disturbios en San Petersburgo e Moscova no ano anterior.