Stanisław
A Slavic name meaning "the one who will become glorious". It sits inside Poland's top 30 today and belongs to over 350,000 men, common enough that most Poles know a few.
Stanisław Pronunciation
Stanisław is pronounced stah-NYEES-wahf (/staˈɲiswaf/).
What Stanisław means
Where Stanisław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stanisław is a Slavic name built from two old roots. The first, stan, means to become or to stand firm; the second, sław, means glory or fame. Put together they give the Polish sense ten, który stanie się sławny, one who will become famous. The meaning points forward in time, a promise rather than a description. It reaches into the future.
The most famous bearer gave the name its standing in Poland. Stanisław of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków, was killed in 1079 after a clash with King Bolesław the Bold. He was canonized in 1253 and became a patron saint of Poland. His name day falls on the eighth of May.
In a school register the full name rarely stays whole. At home a boy called Stanisław answers to Staś. Among friends he is Stach or Staszek, and the feminine form is Stanisława.
When Stanisław celebrates name day
Stanisław appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, 3 of them as a main name, the first on 8 May.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Stanisław
1 in 60 men in Poland is named Stanisław. 357,360 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #29 among male names.
Stanisław's popularity over time
3,554 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #12 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where parents choose Stanisław
Stanisław is most popular in Greater Poland, 31% above the national average (3,888 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+20%) and Łódź (+9%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lesser Poland, 34% and 19% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+31%1 in 55 babies
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Masovian
+20%1 in 60 babies
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Łódź
+9%1 in 67 babies
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Subcarpathian
−34%1 in 110 babies
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Lesser Poland
−19%1 in 89 babies
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Opole
−17%1 in 87 babies
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Greater Poland+31% 3,888 born1 in 55 babies+31%
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Masovian+20% 5,895 born1 in 60 babies+20%
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Łódź+9% 1,900 born1 in 67 babies+9%
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Pomeranian+8% 2,203 born1 in 67 babies+8%
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Holy Cross+4% 800 born1 in 69 babies+4%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+2% 1,541 born1 in 71 babies+2%
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Warmian-Masurian±0% 988 born1 in 73 babies±0%
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Lower Silesian−6% 2,047 born1 in 77 babies−6%
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West Pomeranian−6% 1,100 born1 in 77 babies−6%
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Lubusz−8% 633 born1 in 78 babies−8%
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Lublin−11% 1,257 born1 in 82 babies−11%
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Podlaskie−14% 779 born1 in 84 babies−14%
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Silesian−16% 2,646 born1 in 86 babies−16%
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Opole−17% 531 born1 in 87 babies−17%
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Lesser Poland−19% 2,555 born1 in 89 babies−19%
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Subcarpathian−34% 1,097 born1 in 110 babies−34%
Stanisław as a middle name
Stanisław is a first name for 357,360 men in Poland and a middle name for another 447,673, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3rd, between Piotr (603,686) and Andrzej (406,153).
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#1 Jan638,387
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#2 Piotr603,686
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#3 Stanisław447,673
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#4 Andrzej406,153
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#5 Paweł399,071