Stanley - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Stanley \s-tan-

is pronounced STAN-lee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "stony meadow". Place name. Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick; actor Stanley Tucci.

Stanley has 4 variant forms: Stan, Stanlea, Stanlee and Stanly.

Baby names that sound like Stanley are Stanislas, Stanislaw and Stanislav.

Stanley is a very common first name for men (#106 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#228 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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