Name «Nestan»

The personal name Nestan is derived from the geographical name Nyesthanicze, which was documented in 1412 (Kupch Naid 63). The prepositional component of the name is the negation particle "ne-", while the postpositional component is "stan," meaning "steady, stable" (Svob 86) or it could refer to the calendar name "Stan," which is a diminutive of "Stanislaus."