Given name & surname
Stavros
“one who is crowned”
Stavros is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Original GreekΣταύρος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stavros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,036
- 1,036 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,578 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,578 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 2007. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,353 as a first name in 2020; 786 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.
Stavros’s family of names
In English usage, Stavros has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form STAWROS. In English usage, Stavros has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σταύρος. In English usage, Stavros was borrowed from the Greek form Σταύρος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stavros
- Stavros DimasGreek politicianborn 1941
- Stavros LambrinidisGreek politicianborn 1962
- Stavros TheodorakisGreek journalist and politicianborn 1963
- Stavros NiarchosGreek businessman and art collector (1909–1996)
- Stavros XarchakosGreek composer and conductorborn 1939
- Stavros ArnaoutakisGreek politicianborn 1956
- Stavros MalasCypriot politicianborn 1967
- Stavros SarafisGreek footballer (1950–2022)
- Stavros PiliosGreek footballerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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