Stanley - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Stanley \s-tan-ley, st(a)-nley\ 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 popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Stanley. Click here to compare Stanley with related baby names.