Stanislav or Stanislaus (Latinized form) is a 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
Stanislava or Stanisława is the female form of the Slavic names, Slavic given name Stanislav (given name), Stanislav, which means "one who achieves glory". It is most often found in the Slavs, Slavic countries of central and eastern Europe. The n ...
diminutives
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...
Staszak
Stasiak is a Polish surname of patronymic origin. It is derived from the personal name "Stasio", a pet form of the name " Stanisław", and the suffix "-ak", denoting "descendant of". So, the surname Stasiak signifies "son or descendant of Stasio (S ...
, Staszeczko, Staszek, Staszel, Stasiu. Many of them turned into family names.Zofia Kaleta, Nazwisko W Kulturze Polskiej, 1998, p. 54 /ref>
Variants: Stasław, Tasław.
Its feminine form is Stanisława.
Stasiek, Stach may also be surnames.
Other derived surnames:
* Stachow,
Stachowiak
Stachowiak ( ) is a surname of Polish-language origin. It may refer to:
* Adam Stachowiak (born 1986), Polish footballer
* Adam Stachowiak (cyclist) (born 1989), Polish racing cyclist
* Clement Stachowiak (1902–1981), American politician
* Da ...
Stachowicz Stachowicz is a Polish surname. The Russian and Belarusian language version is Stakhovich, Ukrainian: Stakhovych
Stachowicz is believed to generally mean family, son, or of bearing to Stanisław/ Stanislav. As the diminutive Stach was commonly used ...
Stachowska Stachowski (feminine Stachowska, plural Stachowscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
* Amber Stachowski, American water polo player
* Marek Stachowski (composer), Polish composer
* Marek Stachowski, Polish linguist
* Monika Stachowska, Poli ...
Staszak
Stasiak is a Polish surname of patronymic origin. It is derived from the personal name "Stasio", a pet form of the name " Stanisław", and the suffix "-ak", denoting "descendant of". So, the surname Stasiak signifies "son or descendant of Stasio (S ...
In Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian, the diminutive forms of the name are ''Stas'', ''Stas and ''Stasik''.
Slovene
In Slovene, the name Stanislav is usually abbreviated either to Stanko, Stano or Staňo.
Other
Станіслаў ''/ Stanisłaŭ'' (Belarusian), ''Stanislav'' (Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene), Станіслав (Ukrainian), Станислав (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian), ''Stanislas'' (French), ''Stanislaus'' (German, Latin), ''Stanislovas'' (Lithuanian), ''Staņislavs'' (Latvian), ''Stanislao'' (Italian), ''Estanislau'' (Portuguese), ''Ainéislis'' (Irish/Gaelic), ''Estanislao'' (Spanish) and ''Szaniszló'' (Hungarian).
This given name is often Anglicized to "Stanley", although "Stanley" has non-Slavic origin as well in English-speaking countries.
Stanislaus Kostka
Stanisław Kostka S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus Kostka (as distinct from his namesake, the 11th-century Bishop of Kraków ...
(1550–1568)
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Stanislaus Papczyński
Stanislaus Papczyński (18 May 1631 – 17 September 1701), born Jan Papczyński, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the first Polish religious order for men. Prior to starting his own order, ...
Stanisław August Poniatowski
Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarc ...
Stanislav Aseyev
Stanislav Volodymyrovych Aseyev (, also Stanyslav Asieiev, Stanislav Vasin ; born October 1, 1989) is a Ukrainian writer and journalist, founder Justice Initiative Fund. His best known work is the novel ''The Melchior Elephant'' (2016). In May 201 ...
(born 1989), Ukrainian writer and journalist
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Estanislao del Campo
Estanislao del Campo (February 7, 1834 – November 6, 1880) was an Argentine poet. Born in Buenos Aires to a unitarian family—the unitarians were a political party favoring a strong central government rather than a federation, he fought ...
(1834–1880), Argentine poet
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Stanislas de Guaita
Stanislas De Guaita (6 April 1861, Tarquimpol, Moselle – 19 December 1897, Tarquimpol) was a French poet based in Paris, an expert on esotericism and European mysticism, and an active member of the Rosicrucian Order. He was very celebrated and ...
(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 (1936–2018), Russian film director
* Stanislav Holý (1943–1998), Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, and designer of animated films
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Stanislav Ianevski
Stanislav Ianevski (; born Stanislav Rumenov Yanevski, bg, Станислав Руменов Яневски; on 16 May 1985), is a Bulgarian actor best known for playing Viktor Krum in the 2005 fantasy film ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' ...
(born 1985), Bulgarian actor who played Viktor Krum in ''Harry Potter''
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Stanislav Kolíbal
Stanislav Kolíbal (born 11 December 1925) is a Czech artist and sculptor.
Work
His work is counted among the fundamentals of modern Czech art. Since the 1950s, Stanislav Kolíbal has been one of the most notable personalities on the Czech art s ...
(born 1925), Czech artist
* Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist
* Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction author and philosopher
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Stanislav Lyubshin
Stanislav Andreyevich Lyubshin (russian: link=no, Станислав Андреевич Любшин; born 6 April 1933) is a Russian actor, film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981).
Life
Stanislav Lyubshin is a Russian actor whos ...
(born 1933), Russian actor, film director and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981)
* Stanislas Merhar (born 1971), French actor of Slovene descent
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Stanislao Nievo
Stanislao Nievo (born 30 June 1928 in Milan, died in 2006 in Roma) was an Italian writer, journalist and director. He won the Strega Prize. He was the great grandson of Ippolito Nievo,Stanislav Rapotec (1911–1997), painter and patriot
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Stanislav Sadalsky
Stanislav Yurievich Sadalsky (russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Сада́льский; born 8 August 1951 in Chuvashia) is a Soviet and Russian actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Twelve Chairs'' (Двенадцать стулье ...
, Soviet and Russian actor
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Stanislav Sokolov
Stanislav Mihaylovich Sokolov (russian: Станислав Михайлович Соколов; born May 18, 1947) is a Russian stop-motion animation director. He graduated from VGIK in 1971 and has since then worked with Studios Soyuzmultfilm, D ...
(born 1947), Russian stop-motion animation director
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Stanislas Torrents
Stanislas Torrents (1839-1916) was a French painter. His parents were Spanish. His paintings are in the collections of many museums, including the Musée Louis Vouland in Avignon.
Stanislas Torrents-Claire Charles-Roux.jpg, ''Mme Claire Charles ...
Stan Borys
Stan Borys or Stanisław Guzek (born September 3, 1941, in Załęże (now a district of Rzeszów)) is a Polish singer-songwriter, actor, director and poet.
He is a charismatic person and a versatile artist who has a broad musical taste, acting ...
(born 1941), Polish singer-songwriter, actor, director and poet
* Bern Nadette Stanis(born Bernadette Stanislas 1953), American actress
* Franchot Tone (born Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone), American actor
Stane Dolanc
Stane Dolanc (16 November 1925 – 12 December 1999) was a Slovenian communist politician during SFR Yugoslavia. Dolanc was one of president Josip Broz Tito's closest collaborators and one of the most influential people in Yugoslav federal polit ...
(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
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Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki
Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (; 13 January 1894 – 19 September 1939) was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army. During the invasion of Poland of 1939 he commanded the Czersk Operational Group and was among the highest r ...
(1894–1939), Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Tuchola Forest
* Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), Minister of Defence in Transnistria
* Stanislav Hurenko, leader of the
Stanisław Maczek
Lieutenant General Stanisław Maczek (; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destructio ...
(1892–1994), Polish tank commander of World War II
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Stanislav Melnyk
Stanislav Melnyk (11 July 1961 – 9 March 2015) was a Ukrainian businessman and politician.
Biography
He was member of the Verkhovna Rada of the fifth (2006–2007) and sixth (2007–2012) convocations for the Party of Regions.
Between 2002 and ...
(1961–2015), Ukrainian politician
* Stanisław Narutowicz or Stanislovas Narutavičius (1862–1932), Polish-Lithuanian lawyer and politician
* Stanislav Petrov (1939–2017), Soviet Air Defense Forces lieutenant colonel
* Stanislav Poplavsky (1902–1973), general in the Soviet and Polish armies
* Stanislav Shushkevich (1934–2022), Belarusian statesman and scientist
* Stanisław Świtalski, Polish colonel general
* Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general in World War II
* Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959), German CDU politician of Sorbian ethnicity
* 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
* Stanisław Żółtek (born 1956), Polish politician and a former member of the European Parliament
Music
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Stanislav Binički
Stanislav Binički ( sr-cyr, Станислав Бинички, ; 27 July 1872 – 15 February 1942) was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. A student of German composer Josef Rheinberger, he became the first director of the Oper ...
(1874–1942), Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue
* Stanislav Bunin (born 1966), Russian-born pianist
* Stanislas de Barbeyrac, French operatic tenor
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Stanislao Gastaldon
Martino Stanislao Luigi Gastaldon (April 8, 1861March 6, 1939) was an Italian composer, primarily of salon music, salon songs for solo voice and piano. However, he also composed instrumental music, two choral works, and four operas. Today, he is r ...
(1861–1939), Italian composer of light music
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Stanislav Ioudenitch
Stanislav Ioudenitch (born December 5, 1971) is an Uzbekistani-born American pianist, known for winning the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001, jointly with Olga Kern, as wel ...
(born 1971), Uzbekistani-born pianist
* Stanislao Mattei (1750–1825), Italian composer, musicologist and teacher
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Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuania ...
(1819–1872), Belarus-born Polish composer, conductor and teacher
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Stanko Premrl
Stanko Premrl (28 September 1880 – 14 March 1965) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, composer, and music teacher. He is best known as the composer of the music for the Slovene national anthem, "Zdravljica".
Premrl was born in the village ...
(1880–1965), author of the music for the Slovenian National Anthem
* Niska (born Stanislas Dinga Pinto), French rapper
Estanislau Basora
Estanislau Basora Brunet (also Estanislao; 18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a winger or striker.
Most of his 15-year career was spent at FC Barcelona for which he appeared in more than 300 official ga ...
(1926–2012), Spanish Catalan footballer
* Stanislav Cherchesov (born 1963), Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper
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Stanislav Chistov
Stanislav Mikhailovich Chistov (russian: Станислав Михайлович Чистов; born April 17, 1983) is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Lada Togliatti of the Supreme Hockey League.
Playing career ...
(born 1983), Russian ice hockey player
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Stanislav Genchev
Stanislav Genchev ( bg, Станислав Генчев; born 20 March 1981) is a Bulgarian former footballer and now manager, who is currently the manager of Lokomotiv Sofia.
Career SC Vaslui
SC Vaslui signed Genchev as a free player, on 14 ...
(born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
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Estanislao Goya
Carlos Estanislao "Tano" Goya (born 1 June 1988) is an Argentine professional golfer.
Professional career
After turning professional in 2007, Goya won the Tour de las Americas qualifying school by nine shots, and followed that with victory in th ...
(born 1988), Argentine professional golfer
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Stanislav Griga
Stanislav Griga (born 4 November 1961) is a Slovak football manager and former player. He played 34 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored eight goals.
Career
Griga was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and had a headed goal controversia ...
(born 1961), Slovak retired football player and manager
* Stanislav Henych (born 1949), Czech cross-country skier
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Stanislas Julien
Stanislas Aignan Julien (13 April 179714 February 1873) was a French sinologist who served as the Chair of Chinese at the Collège de France for over 40 years and was one of the most academically respected sinologists in French scholarship.
J ...
(1797–1873), French sinologist
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Stanislav Lopukhov
Stanislav Yuryevich Lopukhov (russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Лопухо́в; born 27 November 1972, Kaluga) is a retired men's breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay at the 1 ...
Stan Mikita
Stanley Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth; May 20, 1940 – August 7, 2018) was a Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 2017, he was ...
(born Stanislav Guoth, 1940–2018), Slovak/Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
* Stanislav Morozov (born 1979), Ukrainian pairs figure skater
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Stan Musial
Stanley Frank Musial (; born Stanislaw Franciszek Musial; November 21, 1920 – January 19, 2013), nicknamed "Stan the Man", was an American baseball outfielder and first baseman. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consis ...
Stanislav Timchenko
Stanislav Valeryevich Timchenko (russian: Станислав Валерьевич Тимченко, born 11 January 1983) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, 2002 World Junio ...
Stanislav Zhuk
Stanislav Alekseyevich Zhuk (russian: Станислав Алексеевич Жук, ; 25 January 1935 – 1 November 1998) was a pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Nina, he won three silver medals at the European Fig ...
(died 1998), Soviet figure skater and coach
Other
* Estanislao (c. 1798–1838), Native American chieftain
* Stanislav (čelnik) (fl. 1377), Serbian noble
* Stanislav of Lesnovo (fl. 1330–42), Serbian monk-scribe
* 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
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Stanisław Dziwisz
Stanisław Jan Dziwisz (; born 27 April 1939) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków from 2005 until 2016. He was created a cardinal in 2006. He was a long-time and influential aide to Pope J ...
(born 1939), a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
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Stanislav Grof
Stanislav "Stan" Grof is a Czech-born psychiatrist who has been living in the United States since the 1960s. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness ...
(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
* Stanislaw "Stanley" Kuklinski (1906–1977), father of Richard Kuklinski
* Stanisław Mazur (1905–1981), Polish mathematician
* Stanislaus von Prowazek (1875–1912), Czech zoologist and parasitologist
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Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł
Stanisław Albrecht "Stash" Radziwiłł (21 July 1914 – 27 July 1976) was a Polish diplomat, chargé d'affaires of the Polish government in exile at the League of Nations, delegate of the Polish Red Cross, real estate dealer, director of ...
, Polish-British nobleman and philanthropist
* Stanislav Segert (1921–2005), scholar of Semitic languages
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Stanislav Shatsky Stanislav Teofilovich Shatsky (alternativespelling: Shatskii) (Russian: Станисла́в Теофи́лович Ша́цкий; 13 June 1878, Smolensk – 30 October 1934, Moscow) was an important humanistic educator, writer, and educati ...
(1878–1934), late Tsarist and early Soviet humanistic educator, writer, and educational administrator
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Stanislav Shwarts Stanislav Semenovich Shwarts (russian: Станислав Семенович Шварц; 1919–1976) was a prominent Ukrainian-Soviet ecologist and zoologist. He was a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Biography
Shw ...
(1919–1976), Soviet ecologist and zoologist
* Stanislav Strumilin (1877–1974), Soviet economist who developed the Strumilin index
* Stanisław Trepczyński (1924–1993), Polish diplomat
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Stanislaw Ulam
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(1909–1984), Polish born American mathematician
* Stanislav Vydra (1741–1804), Bohemian writer, mathematician and Jesuit