Stan (first name)

Stan is a male pros and pet name .

Origin and meaning

Stan is short for various names:

English : by Stanley
Dutch , Slavic languages : from Stanislaus (or Stanislaw, Stanislav, Stanisław)
Dutch : from Constantine

In the Slavic languages, the diminutive is used more often instead of the short form :

Stan Borys (* 1941), Polish rock singer
Stan Bowman (* 1973), Canadian ice hockey official
Stan Brakhage (1933–2003), American film director
Stan Collymore (born 1971), English football player
Stan Coveleski (1889-1984), American basketball player
Stan Douglas (* 1960), Canadian artist
Stan Drulia (* 1968), American ice hockey player and coach
Stan Freeman (1920–2001), American jazz pianist and arranger
Stan Getz (1927–1991), American saxophonist
Stan Hitchcock (born 1936), American country musician and presenter
Stan Jones (songwriter) (1914–1963), American songwriter and actor
Stan Jones ( American football player ) (1931-2010) American football player and coach

Stan Kenton (1911–1979), American musician

Stan Kirsch (1968–2020), American actor

Stan Lafleur (* 1968), German author

Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comedian and actor

Stan Lazaridis (born 1972), Australian soccer player

Stan Lee (1922-2018), American comic book writer

Stan Levey (1926-2005), American jazz drummer

Stan Libuda , nickname of Reinhard Libuda (1943–1996), German football player

Stan Lynch (* 1955), American musician

Stan Mikita (1940-2018), Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player

Stan Mortensen (1921-1991), English football player

Stan Musial (1920–2013), American baseball player

Stan Nicholls (* 1949), English writer

Stan Ockers (1920–1956), Belgian racing cyclist

Stan Ridgway (born 1954), American musician

Stan Robinson (1936-2017), British jazz musician

Stan Rubin (* ≈1933), American jazz musician

Stan Smith (born 1946), American tennis player

Stan Valckx (* 1963), Dutch football player

Stan Vickers (1932-2013), British walker

Stan Webb (born 1946), English guitarist

Stan Winston (1946–2008), American film designer and director

Stan Wrightsman (1910–1975), American jazz pianist