as a Last Name
- 88,073
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Stanley
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and West Yorkshire, so named from Old English stān ‘stone’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
| 292nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 88,073
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Stanley per capita
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