# Stanislaus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stanislaus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “to stand”, “become”, “glory” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstænɪslɔːs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 787 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 787 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From the Latin form of a Slavic name, Станисла́в (Stanisláv) in Russian and Станислав (Stanislav) in Bulgarian, famous in the history of Poland, from the Proto-Slavic elements *stati (“to stand, become”) + *slàva (“glory”).

## What it means

Stanislaus is grouped under famous.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8 | 3,795 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,325 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,922 |
| 1974 | 8 | 4,146 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,729 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,509 |
| 1981 | 6 | 6,152 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,988 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,438 |
| 1994 | 5 | 10,053 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,277 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,746 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14,106 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,214 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,791 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ստանիսլավ
- Bulgarian: Станислав
- Catalan: Estanislau
- Chinese: 斯坦尼斯勞斯 /斯坦尼斯劳斯, 達尼老 /达尼老
- Czech: Stanislav
- Dutch: Stanislaus
- Esperanto: Stanislao
- Finnish: Stanislaus
- French: Stanislas
- German: Stanislaus
- Greek: Στανισλάβ
- Hungarian: Szaniszló
- Italian: Stanislao
- Latin: Stanislaus
- Latvian: Staņislavs
- Lithuanian: Stanislovas
- Polish: Stanisław
- Portuguese: Estanislau
- Romanian: Stanislau
- Russian: Станисла́в

## People named Stanislaus

- Stanislaus Kobierski, German footballer (1910-1972)
- Stanislaus Lo Kuang, bishop of Tainan, archbishop of Taipei
- Stanislaus von Prowazek, Czech biologist
- Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki, American Roman Catholic bishop (1894–1968)
- Stanislaus von Kalckreuth, German painter (1820-1894)
- Leo Mechelin, Finland Swedish politician and academic (1839–1914)
- Stanislav I Thurzo, Bishop of Olomouc (1470–1540)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.