Baby name
Stanislav
/STAHN · ee · slahv/
Meaning
“Glorious stand”
Glorious stand; Czech masculine compound establishing Slavic virtue and traditional masculine strength.
Nicknames
stan · standa · stanisław
How it ages.
Stanislav was dominant in Czech naming from 1950s-1990s, now perceived as generational and declining.
The cultural moment.
Czech Republic's Stanislav has declined from 1990s onward as formal masculine preferences shifted.