I like it and it's on my PNL but I don't like it enough to use. There are other names that I know I would use rather than
Anastasia. I think it would have to be shortened to either
Ana or
Stacy and while I don't hate either one of those I'm not overly fond of them, either.
I don't associate it with "50 Shades of
Grey", because I also have neither read the books nor seen the movies, but then I'm out of touch with most pop culture anyway so that shouldn't be taken for much.
Actually, as far as bad associations go, the bad association for me is the youngest daughter of Tsar
Nicholas II, because she was murdered at age 17 along with her entire family. Her name lived on more than the rest of the family's because of the woman who claimed to be her, leading to books and movies about her. That's why the name
Anastasia, to me, has a slightly tragic air to it.