Given name & surname
Stanislaw
“the glory of the camp”
Stanislaw is a variant of Stanislaus. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stanislaw is a variant of Stanislaus. One Slavic interpretation is “the glory of the camp.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stanislaw is a variant of Stanislaus. An origin associated with Stanislaus is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stanislaw through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 489
- 489 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,824 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,824 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,852 as a first name in 2020; 473 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.
Stanislaw’s family of names
Stanislaw shares a linguistic root with Stanislas. Stanislaw has a related form in Stanislaus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stanislaw
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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