Stanislav (given name)
Stanislav or Stanislaus 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, German, and others.
The feminine form is Stanislava.
Polish language
In the Polish language, the name :pl:Stanisław|Stanisław has the following common diminutives: Stach, Stan, Stańko, Staś, Stasio, Stasiek, Staszek. By 15th century the following diminutives were recorded: Stachnię, Stachnik, Stachno, Stachosz, Stachura, Stacher, Stachyr, Stachyra, Stasz, Staszak, Staszeczko, Staszek, Staszel, Stasiu. Many of them turned into family names.Variants: Stasław, Tasław.
Its feminine form is :pl:Stanisława|Stanisława.
Stasiek, Stach may also be surnames.
Other derived surnames:
- Stachow, Stachowiak, Stachowicz Stachowska Stachowski Stachurka Stachwiak
- Stanisławski, Stanczak
- Stasiak, Stasicki, Stasiewski, Stasiński, Stasiuk, Staśkiewicz, Stasik
- Staszak, Staszewski, Staszkiewicz, Staszyński
East Slavic languages
Slovene language
In the Slovene language, the name Stanislav is usually abbreviated either to Stanko, Stano or Staňo.Other
Станіслаў / Stanisłaŭ, Stanislav, Станіслав, Станислав, Stanislas, Stanislaus, Stanislovas, Staņislavs, Stanislao, Estanislau, Ainéislis, Estanislao and Szaniszló.People with the name
Saints
- Stanisław Kazimierczyk
- Stanislaus Kostka
- Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Monarchs
- Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland
- Stanisław of Masovia, Duke of Masovia
- Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland
Art, film and television
- Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian writer and journalist
- Estanislao del Campo, Argentine poet
- Stanislas de Guaita, French poet, expert on esotericism and European mysticism
- Stanisław Szukalski, Polish-born painter and sculptor
- Stanislav Bartůšek, Czech television journalist
- Stanislav Govorukhin, Russian film director
- Stanislav Holý, Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, and designer of animated films
- Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor who played Viktor Krum in Harry Potter
- Stanislav Kolíbal, Czech artist
- Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet and aphorist
- Stanisław Lem, Polish science fiction author and philosopher
- Stanislav Lyubshin, Russian actor, film director and People's Artist of the RSFSR
- Stanislas Merhar, French actor of Slovene descent
- Stanislao Nievo, Italian writer, journalist and director
- Stanislav Rapotec, painter and patriot
- Stanislav Sokolov, Russian stop-motion animation director
- Stanislas Torrents, French painter
- Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek, character in The Wire
- Stanko Vraz, Slovenian-Croatian poet
- Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, painter and poet
- Stan Borys, Polish singer-songwriter, actor, director and poet
- Bern Nadette Stanis, American actress
- Franchot Tone, American actor
Military and politics
- Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre, French aristocrat, military officer and politician
- Stanislas de Boufflers, French statesman and writer
- Stane Dolanc, Slovenian and Yugoslav Communist politician
- Stanislav Galić, Bosnian Serb commander
- Stanislav Gross, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki, Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Tuchola Forest
- Stanislav Hazheev, Minister of Defence in Transnistria
- Stanislav of Kiev, last Kiev ruler of the Rurik Dynasty
- Stanisław Koniecpolski, Polish nobleman, voivode of Sandomierz
- Stanislav Kosior, Polish-born Soviet politician
- Estanislao López, governor and caudillo of Santa Fe, Argentina
- Stanisław Maczek, Polish tank commander of World War II
- Stanislav Melnyk, Ukrainian politician
- Stanisław Narutowicz or Stanislovas Narutavičius, Polish-Lithuanian lawyer and politician
- Stanislav Petrov, retired Soviet Air Defense Forces lieutenant colonel
- Stanislav Poplavsky, general in the Soviet and Polish armies
- Stanislav Shushkevich, Belarusian statesman and scientist
- Stanisław Sosabowski, Polish general in World War II
- Stanislaw Tillich, German CDU politician of Sorbian ethnicity
- Stanislav Zimprich, Czech pilot who flew with the RAF in the Battle of Britain
- Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish szlachta, magnate and military commander
- Stanisław Żółtek, Polish politician and a former member of the European Parliament
Music
- Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue
- Stanislav Bunin, Russian-born pianist
- Stanislas de Barbeyrac, French operatic tenor
- Stanislao Gastaldon, Italian composer of light music
- Stanislav Ioudenitch, Uzbekistani-born pianist
- Stanislao Mattei, Italian composer, musicologist and teacher
- Stanisław Moniuszko, Belarus-born Polish composer, conductor and teacher
- Stanko Premrl, author of the music for the Slovenian National Anthem
- Niska, French rapper
Sports
- Stanislav Angelov, Bulgarian footballer
- Estanislau Basora, Spanish Catalan footballer
- Stanislav Cherchesov, Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper
- Stanislav Chistov, Russian ice hockey player
- Stanislav Genchev, Bulgarian footballer
- Estanislao Goya, Argentine professional golfer
- Stanislav Griga, Slovak retired football player and manager
- Stanislav Henych, Czech cross-country skier
- Stanislas Julien, French sinologist
- Stanislav Lopukhov, Russian breaststroke swimmer
- Stanislav Loska, Czech paralympic athlete
- Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
- Stanislav "Slava" Medvedenko, Ukrainian basketball player
- Stan Mikita, Slovak/Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanislav Morozov, Ukrainian pairs figure skater
- Stan Musial, American baseball player
- Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
- Stanislav Nedkov, Bulgarian mixed martial arts fighter
- Stanislav Ossinskiy, Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer
- Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russian fencer
- Stanislav Prins, Estonian footballer
- Stanisław Rola, Polish race walker
- Stanislav Rumenov, Bulgarian footballer
- Stanislav Šesták, Slovak football striker
- Stanislav Stoyanov, Bulgarian football defender
- Estanislao Struway, Paraguayan football midfielder
- Stanislav Tarasenko, Russian long jumper
- Stanislav Timchenko, Russian figure skater
- Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer
- Stanislav Vlček, Czech football striker
- Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka, Swiss professional tennis player
- Stanislav Zabrodsky, Kazakh archer
- Stanislav Zakharov, Russian pairs figure skater
- Stanislav Zhuk, Soviet figure skater and coach
Other
- Estanislao, Native American chieftain
- Stanislav Andreski, Polish-British sociologist
- Stanko Bloudek, Slovenian plane and automobile designer
- Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist remembered for the Cannizzaro reaction and the Karlsruhe Congress of 1860
- Stanisław Dziwisz, a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Stanislav Grof, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology
- Stanislaus Grumman, character from His Dark Materials
- Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- Stanislaus Joyce, brother of James Joyce
- Stanislav Kriventsov, international chess master
- Stanislaw "Stanley" Kuklinski, father of Richard Kuklinski
- Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician
- Stanislaus von Prowazek, Czech zoologist and parasitologist
- Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, Polish-British nobleman and philanthropist
- Stanislav Segert, scholar of Semitic languages
- Stanislav Shatsky, late Tsarist and early Soviet humanistic educator, writer, and educational administrator
- Stanislav Shwarts, Soviet ecologist and zoologist
- Stanislav Strumilin, Soviet economist who developed the Strumilin index
- Stanisław Trepczyński, Polish diplomat
- Stanislaw Ulam, Polish born American mathematician
- Stanislav Vydra, Bohemian writer, mathematician and Jesuit