Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 Stan
/STAN/
Meaning
“To become glorious”
Short form of Slavic names like Stanislaw or Stanimir, meaning 'to become glorious'; also an English informal given name standing alone since the 20th century.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
No-frills and sturdy; ages well in a retro-cool way, with pop-culture energy from the Eminem song.
The cultural moment.
Traditional in Poland as a nickname; reviving mildly in the UK and US in the 2020s.