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Boring and weird.

I like the full name, but I don't like the nickname Stan.

Stanislaus!..is where my brain went. I have no idea where I've even seen that. It reminds me of Wenceslaus (Christmas carols, yay), which seems eccentric/archaic. And Stanley. And Stanford. I hate Stan*. Stan is a fuddy duddy, and Stanley is a tool. Maybe that's why GRRM picked Stan* for a character with no sense of humor.

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Apparently Stanislas has been used regularly in France for a century at least, though. I wonder how it sounds there. It looks slightly dated but not as much as Stan* is in the US. And it probably sounds different in the Czech Republic (Stanislav having been in the top 100 there for 85+ years)...

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On 2nd thought, I feel like I could group it with Dennis or Stefan (a couple names I feel more positive/neutral about), but I don't. I do prefer Stannis to Stanley or Stanford, so there's that.

This message was edited 5/19/2023, 3:18 PM

All I can think of is Stannis Baratheon from Game of Thrones, so that's a big no. Especially after what he did to his daughter.

My first thought is of the Game of Thrones character. And just like Joffrey it’s a no for me.

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Stanley is okay and Stanislaus too but not Stannis.

As a nn for Stanislas or Stanislaus, fine. As a name in it's own right, it looks and sounds wrong.

Don't like it

Haha, no.

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Game of Thrones Stannis is a no, and the sound of Stannis in general is a no too.