Stavroula
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- stahv-ROO-lah
- Origin
- Greek
Stavroula is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “cross”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Stavroula mean?
Greek: feminine diminutive of Stavros, from Greek stavros
“cross”
A Greek feminine name from stavros, 'cross', with the diminutive ending -oula.
Is Stavroula a girl's or a boy's name?
Stavroula is a girls' name.
How popular is Stavroula in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Stavroula in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stavroula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
Names like Stavroula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stavroula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stavroula, updated 20 October 2026.