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 Europe and Southeast Europe. The name has spread to many non-Slavic languages as well, such as French (Stanislas), German, and others.
The feminine form is Stanislava.
Polish language
In Polish, the name 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.
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 Slavko.
Other
Станіслаў / Stanisłaŭ (Belarusian), Stanislav (Croatian, Czech, Romanian, 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.
People with the name
Saints
Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030–1079)
Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489)
Stanislaus Kostka (1550–1568)
Stanislaus Papczyński (1631 – 1701)
Catholic Prelates
Stanislaus Hosius (1504 – 1579), Polish Roman Catholic Cardinal
Stanislav Stolárik (born 1955), Slovak Roman Catholic Bishop
Stanislav Zvolenský (born 1958), Slovak Roman Catholic Archbishop
Monarchs
Stanisław Leszczyński (1677–1766), King of Poland
Stanisław of Masovia (1501–1524), Duke of Masovia
Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), King of Poland
Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755–1824), King of France as Louis XVIII
Francesco Giuseppe Carlo Ambrogio Stanislao, Duke of Modena as Francis IV
Art, film and television
Stanislav Aseyev (born 1989), Ukrainian writer and journalist
Stanisław Bareja (1929–1987), Polish filmmaker
Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880), Argentine poet
Stanislas de Guaita (1861–1897), French poet, expert on esotericism and European mysticism
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
Stanislav Ianevski (born 1985), Bulgarian actor who played Viktor Krum in Harry Potter
Stanislav Kolíbal (born 1925), Czech artist
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction author and philosopher
Stanislav Latal (1919-1994), Czech animator
Stanislav Lyubshin (born 1933), Russian actor, film director and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981)
Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926), Polish painter
Stanislas Merhar (born 1971), French actor of Slovene descent
Stanislao Nievo (1928–2006), Italian writer, journalist and director
Stanislav Rapotec (1911–1997), painter and patriot
Stanislav Sadalsky, Soviet and Russian actor
Stanislav Sokolov (born 1947), Russian stop-motion animation director
Stanisław Szukalski (1893–1987), Polish-born painter and sculptor
Stanislas Torrents (1839–1916), French painter
Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek, character in The Wire
Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), Slovenian-Croatian poet
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939), Polish writer, playwright, painter and philosopher
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), Polish playwright, painter and poet
Stan Borys (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
Military and politics
Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (1757–1792), French aristocrat, military officer and politician
Stanislas de Boufflers (1738–1815), French statesman and writer
Stane Dolanc (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
Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (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 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Stanislav of Kiev, last Kiev ruler of the Rurik Dynasty
Stanisław Koniecpolski (c.1592–1646), Polish nobleman, voivode of Sandomierz
Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939), Polish-born Soviet politician
Estanislao López (1786–1838), governor and caudillo of Santa Fe, Argentina
Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994), Polish tank commander of World War II
Stanislav Melnyk (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
Stanislav Baretsky (born 1972), Russian musician
Stanislav Binički (1874–1942), Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue
Stanislav Bunin (born 1966), Russian-born pianist
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, French operatic tenor
Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), Italian composer of light music
Stanislav Ioudenitch (born 1971), Uzbekistani-born pianist
Stanislao Mattei (1750–1825), Italian composer, musicologist and teacher
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872), Polish composer, conductor and teacher
Stanko Premrl (1880–1965), author of the music for the Slovenian National Anthem
Niska (born Stanislas Dinga Pinto), French rapper
Sports
Stanislav Angelov (born 1978), Bulgarian footballer