Stanislava
From a Slavic root meaning "to achieve glory", the female counterpart to Stanisław. Fewer than 600 women in Poland carry it, and it keeps fading: most Poles have never met one.
Stanislava Pronunciation
What Stanislava means
Where Stanislava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stanisława grew from two old Slavic pieces. The first, stan, means to stand or to become; the second, sław, means glory. Set side by side they form a wish rather than a label: to achieve glory, or in Polish stać się sławnym. The name is the feminine of Stanisław, and it keeps company with two worn-smooth diminutives, Stasia and Stenia.
Its male twin gave Poland one of its patron saints, Stanisław of Szczepanów, the bishop of Kraków killed in 1079. That link is why the whole family of the name was valued and handed down for centuries. Stanisława shares in the connection without leaning on the legend. She stands beside it.
The sense of glory here is a promise carried in the roots, not a claim about the person. A girl named Stanisława owes fame to no one. On a May imieniny, her name sits in the calendar near her patron, printed plainly next to the date, and the little forms take over at home: Stasia when she is small, Stenia when the family is fond and quick. The full name waits on the school register and the form at the urząd. Glory is only the literal reading of stan and sław.
How many people are named Stanislava
1 in 39760 women in Poland is named Stanislava. 567 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1247 among female names.
Stanislava's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Stanislava as a middle name
Stanislava is a first name for 567 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4431st, between Sravani (4) and Stavroula (4).
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#4429 Souad4
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#4430 Sravani4
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#4431 Stanislava4
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#4432 Stavroula4
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#4433 Sunita4