Given name & surname
Stanislas
“the glory of the camp”
Stanislas is a variant of Stanislaus. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stanislas is a variant of Stanislaus. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stanislas is a variant of Stanislaus. An origin associated with Stanislaus is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Its Slavonic formation brings together stan (“government”) and slav (“glory”).
Stanislas’s family of names
Stanislas has an affectionate form in Stana. Stanislas shares a linguistic root with Stanislaw. Stanislas has a related form in Stanislaus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Stanislausvariant · English
- Stanapet form
- Stanuskapet form
- Stáničkapet form
- Stanouš(ek)pet form
- Stani(če)kpet form
- Stankopet form
- Stanekpet form
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Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Stanislas
- Stan WawrinkaSwiss tennis player (born 1985)
- Franchot ToneAmerican actor (1905-1968)
- Stanislas de GuaitaFrench writer (1861-1897)
- Stanislas MerharFrench actorborn 1971
- Stanislas GueriniFrench politicianborn 1982
- Stanislas JulienFrench sinologist (1799-1873)
- Stanislas DehaeneFrench neuroscientistborn 1965
- Stanislas TouchetCatholic cardinal (1848-1926)
- Stanislas LépineFrench painter (1835-1892)
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