Stanley

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
The name Stanley comes from the Old English words "stan" meaning 'stone,' and "leah" meaning 'field or meadow.' Together the name means 'from the stony clearing.'
Popularity
Stanley is a popular name in the United States and the United Kingdom. It was ranked number 713 in the US in 2020 and has been in the top 1000 boy names since the late 1800s. In the UK, it was ranked 276 in 2020.

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Stanley Name meanings & History

The name Stanley comes from the Old English words "stan" meaning 'stone,' and "leah" meaning 'field or meadow.' Together the name means 'from the stony clearing.'. From an English surname meaning "stone clearing" (Old English stan "stone" and leah "woodland, clearing"). A notable bearer of the surname was the British-American explorer and journalist Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the man who found David Livingstone in Africa. As a given name, it was borne by American director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), as well as the character Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). Stanley is a popular name for boys and is often used as a first or middle name. It is also used as a surname.

Zodiac Sign of Stanley: Success Capricorn

Synonyms of Stanley:

S: Status,Social Standing,Security,Sensuality,Sex,Success,Solidity

T: Tireless,Talkative,Doubting Thomas,Tacky,Touchy,Truth,Testy

A: Angry,Assertive,Ambitious,Aggressive,Action,Argumentative

N: Nervous,Nitpicking,Nutrition,Neat,Neurosis,Nice,Nagging

L: Lovely,Lover,Lazy,Legal,Liaison,Luscious,Languid

E: Entertain,Exaggerate,Environment,Expressive,Enlighten,Enliven

Y: Yin/Yang,Youth-giving,Yen/money

Stanley is:

  • a Classic name
  • a Common name
  • a Natural name
  • a Simple name
  • a Wholesome name

Famous People

Some famous people with the name Stanley include Stanley Kubrick (film director), Stanley Tucci (actor), Stanley Donwood (artist), and Stanley Clarke (jazz bassist).

2.) Stanley (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) stony meadow.

Other Forms: Stanely, Stanlea, Stanlee, Stanleigh, Stanli, Stanlie, Stanly


3.) STANLEY (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname originating from several placenames derived from the Old English elements stan (stone) and leah (wood, clearing, meadow): hence, “from Stanley” or “dweller near a stony clearing.” Short: Stan. (STAN-LEE)


4.) STANLEY (Male)

Usage: Irish

Meanings: Transferred use of the English surname originating from several place-names derived from the Old English elements stan (stone) and leah (wood, clearing, meadow). The name was originally indicative of one who dwelled near a stony, rocky clearing. Short: Stan. (STAN-LEE)


5.) Stanley (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: Stone clearing

Other Forms: Stanlee


6.) Stanley (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) traveler

Other Forms: Stan, Stanlea, Stanlee, Stanli, Stanly


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