Stanislav or Stanislaus (Latinized form) is a given name of Slavic origin, meaning someone who achieves glory or fame. It is common in the Slavic countries of Central and South Eastern Europe. The name has spread to many non-Slavic languages as well, such as French (Stanislas), German, and others. The feminine form is Stanislava. Polish language In Polish, the name Stanisław has the following common diminutives: Stach, Stan, Stańko, Staś, Stasio, Stasiek, Staszek. By 15th century the following diminutives were recorded: Stachnię, Stachnik, Stachno, Stachosz, Stachura, Stacher, Stachyr, Stachyra, Stasz, Staszak, Staszeczko, Staszek, Staszel, Stasiu. Many of them turned into family names. Variants: Stasław, Tasław. Its feminine form is Stanisława. Stasiek, Stach may also be surnames. Other derived surnames: Stachow, Stachowiak, (fem.: Stachowiakowa, Stachowiakówna) Stachowicz Stachowska Stachowski Stachurka Stachwiak Stanisławski (fem. Stanisławska), Stanczak Stasiak, Stasicki, Stasiewski, Stasiński, Stasiuk, Staśkiewicz, Stasik Staszak (Staszakowa), Staszewski, Staszkiel, Staszkiewicz, Staszyński (Ukrainian: Stashynsky) East Slavic languages In Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian, the diminutive forms of the name are Stas, Stas and Stasik. Slovene In Slovene, the name Stanislav is usually abbreviated either to Stanko, Stano or Staňo. Other Станіслаў / Stanisłaŭ (Belarusian), Stanislav (Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene), Станіслав (Ukrainian), Станислав (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian), Stanislas (French), Stanislaus (German, Latin), Stanislovas (Lithuanian), Staņislavs (Latvian), Stanislao (Italian), Estanislau (Portuguese), Ainéislis (Irish/Gaelic), Estanislao (Spanish) and Szaniszló''' (Hungarian). This given name is often Anglicized to "Stanley", although "Stanley" has non-Slavic origin as well in English-speaking countries. People with the name Saints Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030–1079) Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489) Stanislaus Kostka (1550–1568) Stanislaus Papczyński (1631 – 1701) Servant of God Stanislaus Hosius (1504 – 1579) Monarchs Stanisław Leszczyński (1677–1766), King of Poland Stanisław of Masovia (1501–1524), Duke of Masovia Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), King of Poland Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755–1824), King of France as Louis XVIII Francesco Giuseppe Carlo Ambrogio Stanislao, Duke of Modena as Francis IV Art, film and television Stanislav Aseyev (born 1989), Ukrainian writer and journalist Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880), Argentine poet Stanislas de Guaita (1861–1897), French poet, expert on esotericism and European mysticism Stanisław Szukalski (1893–1987), Polish-born painter and sculptor Stanislav Bartůšek (born 1961), Czech television journalist Stanislav Govorukhin (1936–2018), Russian film director Stanislav Holý (1943–1998), Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, and designer of animated films Stanislav Ianevski (born 1985), Bulgarian actor who played Viktor Krum in Harry Potter Stanislav Kolíbal (born 1925), Czech artist Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966), Polish poet and aphorist Stanisław Lem