Stanislav or Stanislaus (Latinized form) is a very old given name of Slavic origin, meaning someone who achieves glory or fame. It is common in the Slavic countries of Central and South Eastern Europe. The name has spread to many non-Slavic languages as well, such as French (Stanislas), German, and others.
The feminine form is Stanislava.
In the Polish language, the name Stanisław has the following diminutives: Stach, Stan, Stańko, Staś, Stasio, Stasiu, Stasiek, Staszek.
Variants: Stasław, Tasław.
Its feminine form is Stanisława.
Stasiek, Stach may also be a surname.
Other derived surnames:
Stachow, Stachowiak, (fem.: Stachowiakowa, Stachowiakówna) Stachowicz Stachowska Stachowski Stachurka Stachwiak
Stanisławski (fem. Stanisławska), Stanczak
Stasiak, Stasicki, Stasiewski, Stasiński, Staśkiewicz, Stasik
Staszak (Staszakowa), Staszewski, Staszkiewicz, Staszynski
In the Russian language, the name Stanislav is usually abbreviated to Stas (diminutive Stasik).
In the Slovene language, the name Stanislav is usually abbreviated either to Stanko, Stano or Staňo.
Станіслаў / Stanisłaŭ (Belarusian), Stanislav (Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene), Станіслав (Ukrainian), Станислав (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian), Stanislas (French), Stanislaus (German, Latin), Stanislovas (Lithuanian), Staņislavs (Latvian), Stanislao (Italian), Estanislau (Portuguese), Ainéislis (Irish/Gaelic), Estanislao (Spanish) and Szaniszló (Magyar/Hungarian).
It can easily be Anglicized to "Stanley" in English with the nickname "Stan" (as in Stan Musial), even if "Stanley" has an alternative English origin. "Stoshu" is sometimes used as an anglicized spelling.
Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489)
Stanislaus Kostka (1550–1568)
Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030–1079)
Stanisław Leszczyński (1677–1766), King of Poland
Stanisław of Masovia (1501–1524), Duke of Masovia
Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), King of Poland
Art, film and television
Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880), Argentine poet
Stanislas de Guaita (1861–1897), French poet, expert on esotericism and European mysticism
Stanisław Szukalski (1893–1987), Polish-born painter and sculptor
Stanislav Bartůšek (born 1961), Czech television journalist
Stanislav Govorukhin (born 1936), Russian film director
Stanislav Holý (1943–1998), Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, and designer of animated films
Stanislav Ianevski (born 1985), Bulgarian actor who played Viktor Krum in Harry Potter
Stanislav Kolíbal (born 1925), Czech artist
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction author and philosopher
Stanislav Lyubshin (born 1933), Russian actor, film director and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981)
Stanislas Merhar (born 1971), French actor of Slovene descent
Stanislao Nievo (1928–2006), Italian writer, journalist and director
Stanislav Rapotec (1911–1997), painter and patriot
Stanislav Sokolov (born 1947), Russian stop-motion animation director
Stanislas Torrents (1839–1916), French painter
Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek, character in The Wire
Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), Slovenian-Croatian poet
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), Polish playwright, painter and poet
Stan Borys (born 1941), Polish singer-songwriter, actor, director and poet
Military and politics
Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (1757–1792), French aristocrat, military officer and politician
Stanislas de Boufflers (1738–1815), French statesman and writer
Stane Dolanc (1925–1999), Slovenian and Yugoslav Communist politician
Stanislav Galić (born 1943), Bosnian Serb commander
Stanislav Gross (1969–2015), former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), Minister of Defence in Transnistria
Stanislav of Kiev, last Kiev ruler of the Rurik Dynasty
Stanisław Koniecpolski (c.1592–1646), Polish nobleman, voivode of Sandomierz
Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939), Polish-born Soviet politician
Estanislao López (1786–1838), governor and caudillo of Santa Fe, Argentina
Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994), Polish tank commander of World War II
Stanislav Melnyk (1961–2015), Ukrainian politician
Stanisław Narutowicz or Stanislovas Narutavičius (1862–1932), Polish-Lithuanian lawyer and politician
Stanislav Petrov (born c.1939), retired Soviet Air Defense Forces lieutenant colonel
Stanislav Poplavsky (1902–1973), general in the Soviet and Polish armies
Stanislav Shushkevich (born 1934), Belarusian statesman and scientist
Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general in World War II
Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959), German CDU politician of Sorbian ethnicity
Stanislav Zas (born 1964), Belarusian secretary of the Security Council of Belarus
Stanislav Zimprich (1916–1942), Czech pilot who flew with the RAF in the Battle of Britain
Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547–1620), Polish szlachta (nobleman), magnate and military commander
Stanislav Binički (1874–1942), Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue
Stanislav Bunin (born 1966), Russian-born pianist
Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), Italian composer of light music
Stanislao Mattei (1750–1825), Italian composer, musicologist and teacher
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872), Belarus-born Polish composer, conductor and teacher
Stanko Premrl (1880–1965), author of the music for the Slovenian National Anthem
Stanislav Angelov (born 1978), Bulgarian footballer
Estanislau Basora (1926–2012), Spanish Catalan footballer
Stanislav Cherchesov (born 1963), Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper
Stanislav Chistov (born 1983), Russian ice hockey player
Stanislav Genchev (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
Estanislao Goya (born 1988), Argentine professional golfer
Stanislav Griga (born 1961), Slovak retired football player and manager
Stanislav Henych (born 1949), Czechoslovakian cross-country skier
Stanislas Julien (1797–1873), French sinologist
Stanislav Lopukhov (born 1972), Russian breaststroke swimmer
Stanislav Loska (born 1968), Czech paralympic athlete
Stanislav Manolev (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
Stanislav "Slava" Medvedenko (born 1979), Ukrainian basketball player
Stan Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth, 1940), Slovak/Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
Stanislav Morozov (born 1979), Ukrainian pairs figure skater
Stanislav Neckář (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
Stanislav Nedkov (born 1981), Bulgarian mixed martial arts fighter
Stanislav Ossinskiy (born 1984), Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer
Stanislav Pozdnyakov (born 1973), Russian fencer
Stanislav Prins (born 1988), Estonian footballer
Stanisław Rola (born 1957), Polish race walker
Stanislav Rumenov (born 1980), Bulgarian footballer
Stanislav Šesták (born 1982), Slovak football striker
Stanislav Stoyanov (born 1976), Bulgarian football defender
Estanislao Struway, (born 1968) Paraguayan football midfielder
Stanislav Tarasenko (born 1966), Russian long jumper
Stanislav Timchenko (born 1983), Russian figure skater
Stanislav Varga (born 1972), Slovak footballer
Stanislav Vlček (born 1976), Czech football striker
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (born 1985), Swiss professional tennis player
Stanislav Zabrodsky (born 1962), Kazakh archer
Stanislav Zakharov (born 1981), Russian pairs figure skater
Stanislav Zhuk (died 1998), Soviet figure skater and coach
Estanislao (c. 1798–1838), Native American chieftain
Stanislav Andreski (born 1919), Polish-British sociologist
Stanko Bloudek (1890–1959), Slovenian plane and automobile designer
Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), Italian chemist remembered for the Cannizzaro reaction and the Karlsruhe Congress of 1860
Stanisław Dziwisz (born 1939), a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Stanislav Grof (born 1931), one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology
Stanislaus Grumman, character from His Dark Materials
Stanislaus Hosius (1504–1579), Polish Roman Catholic cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
Stanislaus Joyce (1884–1955), brother of James Joyce
Stanislav Kriventsov (born 1973), international chess master
Stanisław Mazur (1905–1981), Polish mathematician
Stanislaus von Prowazek (1875–1912), Czech zoologist and parasitologist
Stanislav Segert (1921–2005), scholar of Semitic languages
Stanislav Shatsky (1878–1934), late Tsarist and early Soviet humanistic educator, writer, and educational administrator
Stanislav Shwarts (1919–1976), Soviet ecologist and zoologist
Stanislav Strumilin (1877–1974), Soviet economist who developed the Strumilin index
Stanisław Trepczyński (1924–1993), Polish diplomat
Stanislaw Ulam (1909–1984), Polish born American mathematician
Stanislav Vydra (1741–1804), Bohemian writer, mathematician and Jesuit
