Stanislav

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Станислав in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 6 more, Stanisław in PL Poland, NO Norway, NL Netherlands and 2 more, Станіслав in UA Ukraine and Სტანისლავ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Stanislav is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name27K records spelled Stanislav13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Stanislaw, Ştanişlaw

• Spanish given name10K records spelled Stanislav4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Russia, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Stañislav

• a separate given name3.0K records spelled Stanislav2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom

  Also written Stanìslav

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Stanislav is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, de стать stat, devenir et слава s/ava, gloire.

  as a name·Russian Names

• In Russian, "stand/glory." Polish name.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In English, A transliteration of the Russian male given name Станисла́в (Stanisláv), equivalent to Stanislaus.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 28 years between 1992–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Stanislao Cannizzarob. 1826ITnot in their usual nameItalian chemist (1826-1910)
• Stanislav Rostotskyb. 1922RUfilm director (1922-2001)
• Stanislav Govorukhinb. 1936RUSoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor (1936-2018)
• Stanislav Petrovb. 1939RUofficer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017)
• Stanislav Buninb. 1966JPRussian pianist (1966-)
• Stas Mikhaylovb. 1969RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
• Stanislav Smirnovb. 1970RURussian mathematician
• Stanislav Duzhnikovb. 1973RURussian actor
• Stanislav Šestákb. 1982SKSlovak footballer
• Stanislav Ianevskib. 1985BGBulgarian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 287 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Stanislav?

We estimate roughly 808 thousand people bear Stanislav (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Stanislav have the most bearers?

Stanislav is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled станислав.

Where is Stanislav most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Stanislav is densest in Poland — about 1 in 59 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Stanislav compared with other names?

In Russia, Stanislav is the 72nd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Stanislav a male or female name?

Stanislav is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Stanislav mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Stanislaus