Stoyan

It has nothing to do with "to stand up for yourself, to stand tall in the face of troubled times". It doesn't mean "to stand", it means "to stay". In Bulgaria the name was given for a particular reason - if a family had lost children at birth, this name was given to their child to protect it, meaning that he should stay. For the same reason were given names such as Nayden ("found"), Nedrag ("not loved, not ours"), etc.

It doesn't only mean "to stand" but to stand up for yourself, to stand tall in the face of troubled times!