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.
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)...
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