Stanislav
A Slavic name meaning "to become glorious", and a variant of the Polish Stanisław. It stays uncommon, the kind you don't meet often, though more boys carry it now than a decade back, and always boys.
Stanislav Pronunciation
What Stanislav means
Where Stanislav comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Stanislav grows from two old Slavic roots. One carries the sense of becoming or standing firm, the other means glory and fame. Put together, they promise a person who will become famous, ten, który stanie się sławny in Polish. The Polish spelling Stanisław is the form most Poles know.
Poland gave the name a saint early. Stanisław of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków, died in 1079 after his clash with King Bolesław, and became one of the country's patron saints. His feast on 8 May fills class registers with the name each spring.
The name softens easily in daily speech. A boy called Stanisław answers to Staś at home, to Staszek among friends, and to Stach when the tone turns blunt. Girls carry the sense too, as Stanisława. Behind all of them sits the same promise: to become glorious.
How many people are named Stanislav
1 in 1714 men in Poland is named Stanislav. 12,461 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #336 among male names.
Stanislav's popularity over time
30 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #442 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2008. Still the #336 name among living men, even as it slips to #442 among newborns.
Where Stanislav is most popular
Stanislav is most popular in Lubusz, 193% above the national average (7 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+125%) and Greater Poland (+103%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 63% and 62% below average respectively.
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Lubusz7 boys born+193%
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Lower Silesian17 boys born+125%
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Greater Poland21 boys born+103%
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Pomeranian12 boys born+69%
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Łódź9 boys born+48%
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Masovian18 boys born+6%
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Silesian10 boys born−9%
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Warmian-Masurian2 boys born−42%
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West Pomeranian2 boys born−51%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 boys born−62%
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Lesser Poland4 boys born−63%
Stanislav as a middle name
Stanislav is a first name for 12,461 men in Poland and a middle name for another 55, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1013th, between Rajnard (55) and Ted (55).
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1011
55Pal
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1012
55Rajnard
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101355Stanislav
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1014
55Ted
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1015
55Thierry