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What does Stan mean?
Stan 
▼ as a name for boys is of Old English derivation, and the name Stan means "stony meadow". Stan is an alternate spelling of Stanley (Old English): place name.
STARTS WITH St-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow
Variations
RELATED FORMS VIA STANLEY Stanlea, Stanlee, Stanly
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Stan Sergio (S.S.), ..
How popular is Stan?
Stan is a very prominent first name for men (#550 out of 1220, Top 45%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#27085 out of 150436, Top 18%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Stan was first listed in 1920-1929 and reached its highest position of #483 in the U.S. in the 1950s, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Stan are Stanley (#707 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) and Stanly. Other variants, like Stanlea, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Stan was common among parents a century ago (AVERAGE #1300) and is now much reduced (#1569, 96.5% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Stanley falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Stan▼ is pronounced similarly to Steen, Stein, Sten and Stone. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aitan, Alan▼, Athan, Ban, Bran, Chan, Cian, Dan▼, Doan, Ean, Eban, Edan, Egan, Eian, Eitan, Elan, Eran, Etan, Ethan, Ewan, Gian, Gyan, Han, Ian▲, Idan, Ivan▲, Jan▼, Jian, Khan, Kian▲, Man, Natan, Rian, Roan, Sagan, Sajan, Sal, Sam▼, Sean▼, Seton, Shad▼, Shae, Shai, Shan, Shane▼, Shann, Shaq, Shaun▼, Shaw, Shay, Shayn, Sloan, Stana, Stanek, Starr, Stearn, Stefan, Steno, Stern, Stian, Suman, Sven, Swain, Swayn, Swen, Syon, Tan, Twan, Van, Xan and Zan. These names tend to be less commonly used than Stan.
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