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 Stanisław II August, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania | |
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | stani ("to become") + slava ("glory, fame") |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Stanislaus (Latin, German), Stanislav (Slovak), Stanislau, Stanislaw (Belarusian), Stanislas (French), Staņislavs (Latvian), Stanislovas (Lithuanian), Stanisław (Polish), Estanislau (Portuguese), Estanislao (Spanish), Szaniszló (Hungarian) |
Stanislav or Stanislaus (Latinized form) is a given name of Slavic origin, meaning someone who achieves glory or fame. It is common in the Slavic countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe. The name has spread to many non-Slavic languages as well, such as French (Stanislas), German, and others.
The feminine form is Stanislava.
Polish language
In Polish, the name Stanisław has the following common diminutives: Stach, Stan, Stańko, Staś, Stasio, Stasiek, Staszek. By 15th century the following diminutives were recorded: Stachnię, Stachnik, Stachno, Stachosz, Stachura, Stacher, Stachyr, Stachyra, Stasz, Staszak, Staszeczko, Staszek, Staszel, Stasiu. Many of them turned into family names.
Variants: Stasław, Tasław, Stanislaw.
Its feminine form is Stanisława.
Stasiek, Stach may also be surnames.
Other derived surnames:
- Stachow, Stachowiak, (fem.: Stachowiakowa, Stachowiakówna) Stachowicz Stachowska Stachowski Stachurka Stachwiak
- Stanisławski (fem. Stanisławska), Stanczak
- Stasiak, Stasicki, Stasiewski, Stasiński, Stasiuk, Staśkiewicz, Stasik
- Staszak (Staszakowa), Staszewski, Staszkiel, Staszkiewicz, Staszyński (Ukrainian: Stashynsky)
East Slavic languages
In Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian, the diminutive forms of the name are Stas, Stas' and Stasik.
Slovene
In Slovene, the name Stanislav is usually abbreviated either to Stanko, Stano or Slavko.
Other
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Станіслаў / Stanisłaŭ (Belarusian), Stanislav (Croatian, Czech, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene), Станіслав (Ukrainian), Станислав (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian), Stanislas (French), Stanislaus (German, Latin), Stanislovas (Lithuanian), Staņislavs (Latvian), Stanislao (Italian), Estanislau (Portuguese), Ainéislis (Irish/Gaelic), Estanislao (Spanish) and Szaniszló (Hungarian).
This given name is often Anglicized to "Stanley", although "Stanley" has non-Slavic origin as well in English-speaking countries.
People with the name
Saints
- Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030–1079), Roman Catholic bishop and martyr
- Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489), Roman Catholic priest
- Stanislaus Kostka (1550–1568), Jesuit
- Stanislaus Papczyński (1631–1701), Roman Catholic priest
- Stanislav Nasadil (1907–1941), Orthodox hieromartyr
Roman Catholic Prelates
- Stanislaus Hosius (1504 – 1579), Polish Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Stanislav Stolárik (born 1955), Slovak Roman Catholic Bishop
- Stanislav Zvolenský (born 1958), Slovak Roman Catholic Archbishop
Monarchs
- Stanisław Leszczyński (1677–1766), King of Poland
- Stanisław of Masovia (1501–1524), Duke of Masovia
- Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), King of Poland
- Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755–1824), King of France as Louis XVIII
- Francesco Giuseppe Carlo Ambrogio Stanislao, Duke of Modena as Francis IV
Art, film and television
- Stanislav Aseyev (born 1989), Ukrainian writer and journalist
- Stanisław Baj (born 1953), Polish painter
- Stanisław Bareja (1929–1987), Polish filmmaker
- Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880), Argentine poet
- Stanislas de Guaita (1861–1897), French poet, expert on esotericism and European mysticism
- Stanislav Bartůšek (born 1961), Czech television journalist
- Stanislav Govorukhin (1936–2018), Russian film director
- Stanislav Holý (1943–1998), Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, and designer of animated films
- Stanislav Ianevski (born 1985), Bulgarian actor who played Viktor Krum in Harry Potter
- Stanislav Kolíbal (born 1925), Czech artist
- Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist
- Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction author and philosopher
- Stanislav Latal (1919-1994), Czech animator
- Stanislav Lyubshin (born 1933), Russian actor, film director and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981)
- Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926), Polish painter
- Stanislas Merhar (born 1971), French actor of Slovene descent
- Stanislao Nievo (1928–2006), Italian writer, journalist and director
- Stanislav Rapotec (1911–1997), painter and patriot
- Stanislav Sadalsky, Soviet and Russian actor
- Stanislav Sokolov (born 1947), Russian stop-motion animation director
- Stanisław Szukalski (1893–1987), Polish-born painter and sculptor
- Stanislas Torrents (1839–1916), French painter
- Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek, character in The Wire
- Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), Slovenian-Croatian poet
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939), Polish writer, playwright, painter and philosopher
- Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), Polish playwright, painter and poet
- Stan Borys (born 1941), Polish singer-songwriter, actor, director and poet
- Bern Nadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislas 1953), American actress
- Franchot Tone (born Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone), American actor
Military and politics
- Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (1757–1792), French aristocrat, military officer and politician
- Stanislas de Boufflers (1738–1815), French statesman and writer
- Stane Dolanc (1925–1999), Slovenian and Yugoslav Communist politician
- Stanislav Galić (born 1943), Bosnian Serb commander
- Stanislav Gross (1969–2015), former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (1894–1939), Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Tuchola Forest
- Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), Minister of Defence in Transnistria
- Stanislav Hurenko, leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Stanislav of Kiev, last Kiev ruler of the Rurik Dynasty
- Stanisław Koniecpolski (c.1592–1646), Polish nobleman, voivode of Sandomierz
- Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939), Polish-born Soviet politician
- Estanislao López (1786–1838), governor and caudillo of Santa Fe, Argentina
- Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994), Polish tank commander of World War II
- Stanislav Melnyk (1961–2015), Ukrainian politician
- Stanisław Narutowicz or Stanislovas Narutavičius (1862–1932), Polish-Lithuanian lawyer and politician
- Stanislav Petrov (1939–2017), Soviet Air Defense Forces lieutenant colonel
- Stanislav Poplavsky (1902–1973), general in the Soviet and Polish armies
- Stanislav Shushkevich (1934–2022), Belarusian statesman and scientist
- Stanisław Świtalski, Polish colonel general
- Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general in World War II
- Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959), German CDU politician of Sorbian ethnicity
- Stanislav Zimprich (1916–1942), Czech pilot who flew with the RAF in the Battle of Britain
- Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547–1620), Polish szlachta (nobleman), magnate and military commander
- Stanisław Żółtek (born 1956), Polish politician and a former member of the European Parliament
Music
- Stanislav Baretsky (born 1972), Russian musician
- Stanislav Binički (1874–1942), Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue
- Stanislav Bunin (born 1966), Russian-born pianist
- Stanislas de Barbeyrac, French operatic tenor
- Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), Italian composer of light music
- Stanislav Ioudenitch (born 1971), Uzbekistani-born pianist
- Stanislao Mattei (1750–1825), Italian composer, musicologist and teacher
- Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872), Polish composer, conductor and teacher
- Stanko Premrl (1880–1965), author of the music for the Slovenian National Anthem
- Niska (born Stanislas Dinga Pinto), French rapper
Sports
- Stanislav Angelov (born 1978), Bulgarian footballer
- Estanislau Basora (1926–2012), Spanish Catalan footballer
- Stanislav Cherchesov (born 1963), Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper
- Stanislav Chistov (born 1983), Russian ice hockey player
- Stanislav Genchev (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
- Estanislao Goya (born 1988), Argentine professional golfer
- Stanislav Griga (born 1961), Slovak retired football player and manager
- Stanislav Henych (born 1949), Czech cross-country skier
- Stanislav Iljutcenko (born 1990), Russian-German footballer
- Stanislav Ivanov (born 1999), Bulgarian footballer
- Stanislas Julien (1797–1873), French sinologist
- Stanislav Lopukhov (born 1972), Russian breaststroke swimmer
- Stanislav Loska (born 1968), Czech paralympic athlete
- Stanislav Manolev (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
- Stanislav "Slava" Medvedenko (born 1979), Ukrainian basketball player
- Stan Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth, 1940–2018), Slovak/Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanislav Morozov (born 1979), Ukrainian pairs figure skater
- Stan Musial (born Stanisław Musiał, 1920–2013), American baseball player
- Stanislav Neckář (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
- Stanislav Nedkov (born 1981), Bulgarian mixed martial arts fighter
- Stanislav Ossinskiy (born 1984), Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer
- Stanislav Pozdnyakov (born 1973), Russian fencer and president of the Russian Olympic Commission
- Stanislav Prins (born 1988), Estonian footballer
- Stanisław Rola (born 1957), Polish race walker
- Stanislav Rumenov (born 1980), Bulgarian footballer
- Stanislav Šesták (born 1982), Slovak football striker
- Stanislav Stoyanov (born 1976), Bulgarian football defender
- Estanislao Struway, (born 1968) Paraguayan football midfielder
- Stanislav Tarasenko (born 1966), Russian long jumper
- Stanislav Timchenko (born 1983), Russian figure skater
- Stanislav Varga (born 1972), Slovak footballer
- Stanislav Vlček (born 1976), Czech football striker
- Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (born 1985), Swiss professional tennis player
- Stanislav Zabrodsky (born 1962), Kazakh archer
- Stanislav Zakharov (born 1981), Russian pairs figure skater
- Stanislav Zhuk (died 1998), Soviet figure skater and coach
Other
- Estanislao (c. 1798–1838), Native American chieftain
- Stanislav (čelnik) (fl. 1377), Serbian noble
- Stanislav of Lesnovo (fl. 1330–42), Serbian monk-scribe
- Stanislav Andreski (1919–2007), Polish-British sociologist
- Stanko Bloudek (1890–1959), Slovenian plane and automobile designer
- Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), Italian chemist remembered for the Cannizzaro reaction and the Karlsruhe Congress of 1860
- Stanisław Dziwisz (born 1939), a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Stanislav Grof (born 1931), one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology
- Stanislaus Grumman, character from His Dark Materials
- Stanislaus Hosius (1504–1579), Polish Roman Catholic cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- Stanislaus Joyce (1884–1955), brother of James Joyce
- Stanislaus Katczinsky, All Quiet on the Western Front character
- Stanislav Kriventsov (born 1973), international chess master
- Stanislaw "Stanley" Kuklinski (1906–1977), father of Richard Kuklinski
- Stanisław Mazur (1905–1981), Polish mathematician
- Stanislaus von Prowazek (1875–1912), Czech zoologist and parasitologist
- Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, Polish-British nobleman and philanthropist
- Stanislav Segert (1921–2005), scholar of Semitic languages
- Stanislav Shatsky (1878–1934), late Tsarist and early Soviet humanistic educator, writer, and educational administrator
- Stanislav Shwarts (1919–1976), Soviet ecologist and zoologist
- Stanislav Strumilin (1877–1974), Soviet economist who developed the Strumilin index
- Stanisław Trepczyński (1924–1993), Polish diplomat
- Stanislaw Ulam (1909–1984), Polish born American mathematician
- Stanislav Vydra (1741–1804), Bohemian writer, mathematician and Jesuit
- Stanislaw Wolf (1962-2013) Medical Professional and Writer
See also
- Stanko
- Stanislav (disambiguation)
- Saint Stanislaus (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Stanislas
- All pages with titles containing Stanislaus
- All pages with titles containing Stanislav
- All pages with titles containing Stanisław
References
- Zofia Kaleta, Nazwisko W Kulturze Polskiej, 1998, ISBN 8386619821 p. 54
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