Given name & surname
Stana
“the glory of the camp”
Stana is a variant of Stanislaus. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stana is a variant of Stanislaus. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stana is a variant of Stanislaus. An origin associated with Stanislaus is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Stana is a feminine form of STANO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 147
- 0 boys · 147 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 411 as a first name in 2020; 176 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stana’s family of names
Stana is an affectionate form of Stanislas. In Italian usage, Stana is a feminine form of STANO. Stana has a related form in Stanislaus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stana
- Stana KaticCanadian actressborn 1978
- Stana TomaševićYugoslav politician, partisan and diplomat1920–1983
- Stana Kotromanić, Princess of Bosnia1354
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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