# Stylianos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stylianos/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “someone firm”, “pole” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 56 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 56 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Greek Στυλιανός (Stylianós), from Ancient Greek Στυλιανός (Stulianós, literally “someone firm”), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pole”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 7 | 4,735 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,738 |
| 1980 | 5 | 7,172 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,993 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,637 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,516 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,971 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,354 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,285 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,963 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Stylianos

- Stylianos of Paphlagonia, 5th-century cleric venerated as a saint in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Stylianos of Australia, Eastern Orthodox archbishop (1935–2019)
- Stilianos Zaoutzes, Byzantine statesman

## 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.