Stanisława
Around 105,000 Polish women carry it, yet only 16 girls got it last year: the numbers belong to grandmothers, not newborns. A Slavic name at root, the feminine of Stanisław, from a phrase meaning "become glory".
Stanisława Pronunciation
Stanisława is pronounced stah-nyees-WAH-vah (/staɲisˈwava/).
What Stanisława means
Where Stanisława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stanisława grows from two old Slavic roots. The first, stani, comes from a verb meaning to become or to stand firm. The second, sław, means glory. Read together they form the small wish that gives the name its sense: become glory, or in Polish, stań się sławną. It is the feminine of Stanisław.
The name has belonged to women who left a mark on Polish memory. Stanisława Przybyszewska, born in 1901, wrote The Danton Case, a fierce play about the French Revolution that theatres still stage. Stanisława Leszczyńska worked as a midwife at Auschwitz and delivered babies inside the camp. Different lives, one name.
In a Kraków class register the name might stand in full, Stanisława, while the same girl answers at home to nothing so grand. The masculine line of the family carries Staś, Stach, and Staszek, diminutives worn smooth by daily use. The full form keeps its old wish plain: become glory.
When Stanisława celebrates name day
Stanisława appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 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 Stanisława
1 in 215 women in Poland is named Stanisława. 105,070 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #122 among female names.
Stanisława's popularity over time
16 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #579 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2010. Still the #122 name among living women, even as it slips to #579 among newborns.
Where parents choose Stanisława
Stanisława is most popular in Greater Poland, 263% above the national average (30 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+57%) and Łódź (+23%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Silesian, 77% and 43% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+263%1 in 7,175 babies
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Lubusz
+57%1 in 16,552 babies
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Łódź
+23%1 in 21,120 babies
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Lesser Poland
−77%1 in 113,458 babies
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Silesian
−43%1 in 45,517 babies
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West Pomeranian
−38%1 in 42,213 babies
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Greater Poland+263% 30 born1 in 7,175 babies+263%
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Lubusz+57% 3 born1 in 16,552 babies+57%
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Łódź+23% 6 born1 in 21,120 babies+23%
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Lower Silesian+16% 7 born1 in 22,448 babies+16%
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Lublin+1% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies+1%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−5% 4 born1 in 27,345 babies−5%
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Pomeranian−12% 5 born1 in 29,464 babies−12%
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Masovian−19% 11 born1 in 32,206 babies−19%
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Podlaskie−21% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies−21%
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Warmian-Masurian−27% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies−27%
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West Pomeranian−38% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−38%
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Silesian−43% 5 born1 in 45,517 babies−43%
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Lesser Poland−77% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−77%
Stanisława as a middle name
Stanisława is a first name for 105,070 women in Poland and a middle name for another 120,903, a 46/54 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 21st, between Danuta (129,132) and Beata (120,044).
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#19 Dorota133,476
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#20 Danuta129,132
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#21 Stanisława120,903
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#22 Beata120,044
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#23 Weronika118,474