Stasiak

Stasiak is a

Polish surname Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law (legal system), civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom. The law requires a given nam ...

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

origin. It is derived from the

personal name A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...

"Stasio", a pet form of the name " Stanisław", and the suffix "-ak", denoting "descendant of". So, the surname Stasiak signifies "son or descendant of Stasio (Stanisław)". Notable people with this surname include: *

Jurek Stasiak Jurek Stasiak (born 23 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Born in Gdańsk, Stasiak emigrated from Poland to Australia with his family in 1985. He grew up in Parramatta and started playing tennis at the ...

, Polish-Australian tennis player *

Ludwik Stasiak Ludwik Józef Stasiak (13 August 1858 in Bochnia – 3 December 1924 in Bochnia) was a Polish painter, cartoonist, journalist, art historian and publisher. He worked in a wide variety of genres and provided illustrations for magazines such as ' (I ...

, Polish painter, writer and publisher *

Karolina Stasiak Karolina Eliza Stasiak is a Polish official and diplomat, since 2023 serving as the European Union Ambassador to Zambia. Life Stasiak graduated from Linguistics at the University of Warsaw ( M.A., 2002), and International Relations at the Uni ...

, Polish official and diplomat *

Małgorzata Stasiak Małgorzata Stasiak (born 5 November 1988) is a Polish handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players a ...

, Polish handball player *

Michał Stasiak Michał Stasiak (born 12 March 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career In January 2004, he joined Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. He was released from Zagłębie Lubin on 25 May 2011. In July ...

, Polish football player *

Shawn Stasiak Shawn Emile Stipich (born July 21, 1970) is an American-Canadian chiropractor, motivational speaker and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the professional wrestling promotions the World Wrestling Federatio ...

, Canadian chiropractor and semi-retired professional wrestler *

Stan Stasiak George Emile Stipich (April 13, 1937 – June 19, 1997) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Stan "the Man" Stasiak. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in the 1970s, ...

, former Canadian professional wrestler, father of professional wrestler Shawn Stasiak *

Władysław Stasiak Władysław Augustyn Stasiak (15 March 1966 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish senior state and local government official. Biography Władysław Stasiak was born on 15 March 1966 in Wrocław. He finished high school in 1984. In 1989 Stasiak gradu ...

, Polish politician {{surname Polish-language surnames Patronymic surnames