Given name
Stanislava
“government's glory”
In Slovene use, Stanislava carries the interpretation “government's glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Slovene use, Stanislava carries the interpretation “government's glory.”
How it developed
Stanislava is used as a feminine counterpart of Stanislav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stanislava through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 6 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 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 339 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stanislava’s family of names
In Czech usage, Stanislava has a diminutive in Slávka. In Czech usage, Stanislava is a feminine form of Stanislav. Stanislava has a related form in Stanislavah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stanislava has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Slovene roots to each of them.
7 related names in 4 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.
- Stáničkadiminutive · Czech
- Stáňadiminutive · Czech
- Stanyslaviavariant
- Stanislavyavariant
- Stanislaviyavariant
- Stanislaviavariant
- Stanyslavavariant
- Stanislavahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
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 Stanislava
- Stanislava KomarovaRussian swimmerborn 1986
- Stanislava KonstantinovaRussian figure skaterborn 2000
- Stanislava HrozenskáSlovak tennis playerborn 1982
- Stanislava UmiecBelarusian writerborn 1991
- Stanislava Jakševičiūtė-VenclauskienėLithuanian actor (1874-1958)
- Stanislava ŠkvarkováSlovak athleteborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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