Stanislaw
Fewer than 400 men in Poland carry it, and it goes only to boys: most Poles have never met one. The root is Slavic, roughly "one who will become glory".
Stanislaw Pronunciation
Stanislaw is pronounced stah-NYEES-lahf (/staˈɲislaf/).
What Stanislaw means
Where Stanislaw comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stanisław is built from two old Slavic roots. The first carries the idea of becoming or standing firm, the second means glory or fame. Put together they give the sense captured in Polish as ten, który stanie się sławny, the one who will become renowned. So the name reads almost as a small prophecy about its bearer.
Poland has carried the name for close to a thousand years. Stanisław of Szczepanów, the bishop of Kraków killed in 1079, became a patron saint of the country, and his name day falls on the eighth of May. Later a Stanisław sat on the throne as the last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski.
In daily life the full form softens. A boy called Stanisław answers to Staś at home, to Stach among friends, to Staszek on a school register. The feminine Stanisława follows the same pattern. Read the name back to its roots and you find that promise again: the one who will win fame.
When Stanislaw celebrates name day
Stanislaw 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 Stanislaw
1 in 54875 men in Poland is named Stanislaw. 389 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1506 among male names.
Stanislaw's popularity over time
6 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #894 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where Stanislaw is most popular
Stanislaw is most popular in Lubusz, 559% above the national average (5 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+358%) and Warmian-Masurian (+174%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Silesian, 39% and 14% below average respectively.
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Lubusz5 boys born+559%
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Lower Silesian11 boys born+358%
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Warmian-Masurian3 boys born+174%
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Pomeranian4 boys born+78%
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Masovian5 boys born−8%
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Silesian3 boys born−14%
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Greater Poland2 boys born−39%
Stanislaw as a middle name
Stanislaw is a first name for 389 men in Poland and a middle name for another 586, a 40/60 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 295th, between Hipolit (589) and Oscar (584).
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#293 Lew591
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#294 Hipolit589
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#295 Stanislaw586
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#296 Oscar584
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#297 Narcyz578