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In all the world, Nasta (Nasta , Наста ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Nasta is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common female name, Georgia, where it is quite a rare female name, and Slovenia. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Bulgaria, Indonesia, and Russia. Also, Nasta is the last name as well as the forename.
Nasta is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Anastasia Kamenskaya , the fictional police detective from Alexandra Marinina's novels; Nastasya Filipovna , the heroine of the novel "Idiot" by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, The Idiot; Nastassja Filippowna , the operatic character in the opera Der Idiot (Weinberg), The Idiot; Nastasya Timofeyevna , character in The Wedding and Nastya , the operatic character in the opera Taras Bulba by Mykola Lysenko; Taras Bulba's wife, among other works.