Stan

Short form of Stanley

"near the stony meadow"

Stan Origin and Meaning

The name Stan is a boy's name meaning "near the stony meadow".

One of the old-school nicknames -- think Ray, Vince, Frank -- that's on the brink of coming back into style. Name him Stanislav or Constantine and he'll have a groovier long form to fall back on.

Stan Rank in US Top 1000

# 930 in the US

Popularity of the name Stan

• 1791 Nameberry 2020
• 83 Netherlands 2019
• 74 Belgium 2020

20 Names Similar to Stan

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Stan.

• Randolph
• Bernie
• Jimmy
• Vinny
• Bill
• Kelly
• Bart
• Gary
• Freddy
• Randall
• Kirk
• Marty
• Dudley
• Kurt
• Stuart
• Clinton
• Leroy
• Jefferson
• Richie
• Olaf

Famous People Named Stan

• Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson) English comedian of duo Laurel and Hardy
• Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial American baseball player
• Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) American comic book creator
• Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith American tennis player
• Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton American jazz pianist
• Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers Canadian singer,songwriter
• Stanley William "Stan" Tracey English jazz pianist
• Stanley Bernard "Stan" Galazin American NFL football player
• Steven "Stan!" Brown American author, cartoonist, and game designer
• Stanford Elmer "Stan" Parris U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• Stan Gerards American YouTuber
• Sebastian Stan Romanian American actor

The name Stan in Pop Culture

• Stanley "Stan" Marsh character on animated series "South Park"
• Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith character on animated series "American Dad!"
• Stanley "Stan" Pines character on the animated series "Gravity Falls"
• Stan Rizzo character on TV's "Mad Men"
• Stan Ogden character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Stan Carter character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Stan salesman character in the Monkey Island adventure games
• "Stan Against Evil " TV series
• "Stan " song by Eminem