Given name & surname
Stanislaus
“the glory of the camp”
Stanislaus is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stanislaus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 787
- 787 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 46 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 boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 46 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 as a first name in 2020; 518 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.
Stanislaus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Stanislaus shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form STANISLOVAS. Stanislaus has a related form in Stanislaw. In German usage, Stanislaus has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Stanislav.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stanislaus has relatives in 25 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
16 related names in 25 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Stanislawvariant
- Stanislavvariant · Czech, Slovene
- Stanavariant
- Stanislovvariant
- Stanousekvariant
- Stannesvariant
- Stanislasvariant · Occitan, French
- Stanicekvariant
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Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stanislaus
- Stanislaus of SzczepanówPolish Catholic bishop, saint, the principal patron of Poland (1030-1079)
- Stanislaus KostkaPolish Jesuit, saint, secondary patron of Poland (1550–1568)
- Stanislaus KobierskiGerman footballer (1910-1972)
- Stan SwamyIndian Roman Catholic priest and tribal rights activist (1937-2021)
- Stanislaus Lo Kuangbishop of Tainan, archbishop of Taipei1911–2004
- Stanislaus von ProwazekCzech biologist1875–1915
- Stanislaus CzerniewiczTemporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus (1728–1785)
- Stanislaus A. JamesSaint Lucian administrator and governor-general1919–2011
- Stanislaus Tobias MagomboRoman Catholic bishop (1968–2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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