Is stanley a word

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From places in England, Old English stān (“stone”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to stone +‎ -ley (“lea”).

• The given name has also been used as an anglicisation of Stanisław, Stanislav and related names.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈstænli/

• Audio (Berkshire, England)

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• Rhymes: -ænli

Proper noun[edit]

Stanley

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in early 20th century.
3. Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:
   1. A town, the capital of the Falkland Islands, also known as Port Stanley.
   2. A small town in north-west Tasmania, Australia.
   3. A small town near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
   4. A neighbourhood near the centre of Alexandria, Egypt.
   5. A coastal town in Hong Kong, also known as Chek Chue.
   6. A number of places in Canada:
      1. A ghost town in the Cariboo region, British Columbia.
      2. The Rural Municipality of Stanley, a rural municipality in southern Manitoba.
      3. A village in York County, New Brunswick.
      4. The Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan.
   7. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
      1. A village in Derbyshire, England.
      2. A former coal town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1953).
      3. A small suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3891). ^[1]
      4. A small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England.
      5. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
      6. A hamlet in the village of Bremhill, Wiltshire, England.
      7. A village north of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1033).
   8. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
      2. The former name of an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now called Turk.
      3. A tiny town in Custer County, Idaho.
      4. An unincorporated community in Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana.
      5. A tiny city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa.
      6. A neighborhood of Overland Park, Kansas; suburb of Kansas City.
      7. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
      8. A village in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
      9. An unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
      10. A hamlet in the town of Seneca, Ontario County, New York.
      11. A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.
      12. A small city, the county seat of Mountrail County, North Dakota.
      13. A town in Page County, Virginia.
      14. A small city in Chippewa County and Clark County, Wisconsin.
      15. A town in Barron County, Wisconsin.

Quotations[edit]

• c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

  Go then and muster men: but leave behind
  Your son George Stanley: look your heart be firm
  Or else his head’s assurance is but frail.

• 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, W.Morrow, →ISBN, page 61:

  The man was named Stanley. This was his real name; who on earth would want to change his name to Stanley unless he planned on becoming a dentist?

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• Antleys, Saltney, stanyel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A stone-filled meadow
Pronunciation
Language(s)	Old English
Origin
Meaning	«stone leigh»
Region of origin	England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Stoneley (archaic), Stanly,
See also	Lea, Lee, Leigh)

Stanley is a toponymic surname, a contraction of Stan (a form of «stone») and Leigh (meadow), later also being used as a masculine given name.

People with the given name[edit]

• Ann Dunham birth name Stanley Ann Dunham, mother of the 44th president Barack Obama
• Stanley (Brazilian footballer) (Stanley Richieri Afonso, born 1985), Brazil
• Stanley Adams (actor) (1915–1977), American actor and screenwriter
• Stanley Adams (singer) (1907–1994), American singer and lyricist
• Stanley Adams (whistleblower) (born 1927), Maltese whistleblower in the pharmaceutical industry
• Stanley T. Adams (1922–1999), American Army officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War
• Stanley Amis (1924–2021), British architect
• Stanley Andrisse, American endocrinologist
• Stan Arthur (born 1935), U.S. Navy officer; Vice Chief of Naval Operations 1992–95
• Stanley Baker (1928–1976), Welsh actor and producer
• Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), three-time prime minister of the United Kingdom
• Stanley Baxter (born 1926), Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist, and author
• Stanley Berryhill (born 1998), American football player
• Stanley Bleifeld (1924–2011), American sculptor
• Stanley Booth-Clibborn (1924–1996), British Anglican bishop
• Stanley Branche (1933–1992), American civil rights leader
• Stanley Brundy (born 1967), American basketball player
• Stanley Burnside (born 1947), Bahamian cartoonist and painter
• Stanley Burrell, American rapper known as MC Hammer
• Stanley Cavell (1926–2018), American philosopher
• Stanley Chais (1926–2010), American investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
• Stanley Chera (1942–2020), American real estate developer
• Stanley R. Christianson (1925–1950), American Marine, awarded Medal of Honor
• Stanley Clarke (born 1951), American jazz and funk bassist
• Stanley Clements (1926–1981), American actor and comedian
• Stanley Cohen (biochemist) (1922–2020), American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate
• Stanley Cohen (physicist) (born 1927), American physicist, founder and president of Speakeasy Computing Corporation
• Stan Cohen (politician) (1927–2004), British Labour politician
• Stanley Cohen (sociologist) (1942–2013), Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics
• Stanley G. Cohen, American music educator, president of Five Towns College
• Stanley Norman Cohen (born 1935), American geneticist
• Stanley Donen (1924–2019), American film director and choreographer
• Stan Drake (1921–1997), American cartoonist
• Stanley Ann Dunham (1942–1995), American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama
• Stanley Ellis (cricketer) (1896–1987), English cricketer
• Stanley Ellis (linguist) (1926–2009), English linguistics scholar and broadcaster
• Stanley Fields (actor) (1883–1941), American actor
• Stanley Fields (biologist) (born 1955), American biologist
• Stanley Fischer (born 1943), Israeli American economist
• Stanley Fisher (1867–1949), 24th Chief Justice of Ceylon
• Stanley H. Ford (1877–1961), United States Army General
• Stanley Jerome Gaetz (1914–1964), member of the North Dakota Senate
• Stanley Goble (1891–1948), Royal Australian Air Force commander
• Stanley G. Grizzle (1918–2016), Canadian citizenship judge and labour union activist
• Stanley Heaps (1880–1962), English architect responsible for the design of a number of stations on the London Underground system
• Stanley Ho (1921–2020), Hong Kong-Macau businessman
• Stanley Holloway (1890–1982), English actor, comedian, singer and monologist
• Stanley Johnson (basketball) (born 1996), American basketball player
• Stanley Johnson (London politician) (1869–1937), English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, MP 1918–1924
• Stanley Johnson (writer) (born 1940), British author and politician, writer on environmental and population issues, MEP 1979–1984
• Stanley Jones (cyclist) (1888–1962), British Olympic cyclist
• Stanley Kalpage (died 2000), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1991 to 1994
• Stanley A. Klein, American neuroscientist
• Stanley H. Klein (1908–1992), American architect
• Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), American film director and producer
• Stanley Krippner (born 1932), American psychologist, parapsychologist, and Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University
• Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), American film director, producer, and screenwriter
• Stanley Kurtz, American conservative commentator
• Stan Laurel (1890–1965), born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, English comic actor, writer and film director
• Stanley Lechtzin (born 1936), American artist, jeweler, metalsmith, and educator
• Stan Lee (1922–2018), American comic book writer, editor, and publisher
• Stanley Lewis (sculptor) (1930–2006), Canadian sculptor
• Stanley Cornwell Lewis (1905–2009), British portrait painter and illustrator
• Stan Love (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player
• Stanley G. Love (born 1965), American scientist and astronaut
• Sir Stanley Matthews (1915–2000), British footballer
• Stanley Mazor (born 1941), American electrical engineer and inventor
• Stanley A. McChrystal (born 1954), former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A)
• Stanley Middleton (1919–2009), British novelist
• Stanley Morgan Jr. (born 1996), American football player
• Stanley Myers (1930–1993), English composer and conductor
• Stanley Nelson Jr. (born 1951), American documentary filmmaker
• Stanley Nibbs (1914–1985), teacher and preacher from the British Virgin Islands
• Stanley Ocitti (born 1980), Ugandan basketball player
• Stan Owen (born 1932), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Stanley G. Payne (born 1934), American historian and Hispanist
• Stanley Peiris (1941–2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala instrumental musician and composer
• Stanley Plotkin (born 1932), American physician, vaccinologist, and immunologist
• Stanley B. Prusiner (born 1942), American neurologist and biochemist
• Stanley Robinson (disambiguation), several people
• Stanley Rogers Resor (1917–2012), American lawyer and military officer; 9th United States Secretary of the Army
• Stanley Jedidiah Samartha (1920–2001), Indian theologian
• Stanley Savige (1890–1954), Australian soldier and businessman
• Stanley Schmidt (born 1944), American science fiction author and editor
• Stanley Senanayake (1918–1989), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1970 to 1978
• Stanley Shakespeare (1963–2005), American football player
• Stanley Shanfield, American inventor
• Stanley Sheff, American film director and writer
• Stanley Gerald Umphrey Shier, 18th Canadian Surgeon General
• Stanley Tillekeratne, former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Stanley Tretick (1921–1999), American photojournalist
• Stanley Tucci, American actor, writer, producer and film director
• Stanley Turrentine (1934–2000), American jazz saxophonist
• Stanley Unwin (comedian) (1911–2002), South African-born comedic writer and performer
• Stanley Unwin (publisher) (1884–1968), British publisher, founder of George Allen and Unwin
• Stanley Wagner (disambiguation), several people
• Stanley J. Wawrzyniak (1927–1995), American Marine officer, recipient of two Navy Crosses during Korean War
• Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902–1935), American science fiction writer
• Stanley Whittaker (born 1994), American basketball player
• Stanley Wojcicki (born 1937), Polish American emeritus professor and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University
• Stanley Wolpert (1927–2019), American historian and Indologist
• Stanley Yau (born 1990), Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor
• Stanley de Zoysa, Sri Lankan businessman and politician

People with the family name[edit]

• Aileen Stanley (1897–1982), American popular singer
• Allan Stanley (born 1926), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alessandra Stanley, American journalist
• Antwaun Stanley, American singer, songwriter
• Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881), English churchman, dean of Westminster
• Barney Stanley (1893–1971), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Benson Stanley (born 1984), Australian-born, New Zealand Rugby Union player
• Bob Stanley (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
• Bob Stanley (musician) (born 1964), English musician
• Brian Stanley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Cassius Stanley (born 1999), American basketball player
• Chad Stanley (born 1976), American football player
• Charles Stanley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chase Stanley (born 1989), Australian-New Zealand Rugby League player
• Christopher Stanley (born 1965), American actor
• Clinton Warrington Stanley (1830–1884), Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
• David S. Stanley (1828–1902), Union general in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
• Dimitrious Stanley (1974–2023), American football player
• Edward Stanley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Emily Stanley, American limnologist
• Fiona Stanley (born 1946), Australian epidemiologist
• Florence Stanley (1924–2003), American actress
• Francis Edgar Stanley (1849–1918), American businessman, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer
• Frank C. Stanley, late 19th-early 20th-century American popular singer; stage name for William S. Grinsted
• Freelan O. Stanley (1849–1940), co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer and founder of the Stanley Hotel
• Frederick Trent Stanley (1802–1883), American industrialist, founder of Stanley Works
• George F.G. Stanley (1907–2002), Canadian historian and designer of the Canadian flag
• Ginger Stanley (born 1931), American model, actress and stunt woman
• Helen Camille Stanley (born 1930), American composer and violist
• Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley (1807–1895), British campaigner for women’s education
• Henrietta Stanley Dull (1863–1964), American food writer
• Henry Stanley, American businessman and founder of Stanley Rule and Level Company, cousin of Frederick Trent Stanley
• Henry Stanley (cricketer) (1873–1900), English cricketer
• Henry Bruce ‘Harry’ Stanley (1953–1999), Scottish painter and decorator. The Death of Harry Stanley when he was mistakenly shot by police led to a protracted legal dispute.
• Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), Welsh-American journalist and explorer, searched for Dr. Livingstone
• Ian Stanley (born 1957), British musician
• James Stanley (disambiguation), several people
• Jayson Stanley (born 1997), American football player
• Joe Stanley (born 1957), New Zealand Rugby Union player
• John Stanley (disambiguation), several people
• Kim Stanley (1925–2001), American actress
• Leo Stanley (1886–1976), American surgeon
• Matt Stanley (born 1989), New Zealand comedian
• Mervin C. Stanley (1857–1907), New York politician
• Michael Stanley (born 1948), American rock singer
• Michael Stanley (rugby union) (born 1989), Samoan Rugby Union player
• Mickey Stanley (born 1942), American baseball player
• Mike Stanley (born 1963), American baseball player
• Mike Stanley (rower) (born 1957), New Zealand Olympic rower and sports administrator
• Millicent Preston-Stanley (1883–1955), Australian feminist and politician
• Muriel Stanley (1918–1979), Indigenous Australian Anglican missionary, nurse and social worker
• Nate Stanley (born 1997), American football player
• Oliver Stanley (1896–1950), British politician
• Owen Stanley (1811–1850), British naval captain
• Owsley Stanley (born 1935), American «underground» chemist, mass-produced LSD
• Paco Stanley (1942–1999), Mexican television entertainer, assassinated
• Paul Stanley (born 1952), American rock guitarist and vocalist
• Ralph Stanley (born 1927), American bluegrass musician, one of the Stanley Brothers
• Richard Stanley (film director) (born 1966), South African-born film director
• Richard Stanley (politician) (1920–1983), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1950–1966
• Richard P. Stanley (born 1944), American mathematician at MIT
• Robbie Stanley (born 1967), American auto racing driver
• Ronja Stanley (born 1991), Finnish singer, known as Ronya
• Ronnie Stanley (born 1994), American football player
• Sachini Ayendra Stanley, Sri Lankan Burgher cinema actress and model
• Sam Stanley (rugby player) (born 1991) English Rugby Union Player
• Sidney Stanley (died 1969), Polish-British businessman
• Sidney Stanley (cricketer) (born 1933), South African cricketer
• Steven J. C. Stanley (born 1958), Jamaican audio engineer and producer
• Steven M. Stanley (born 1941), American palaeontologist
• The Stanley Brothers, Carter and Ralph, American bluegrass musicians
• Thomas Stanley (author) (1625–1678), English author and translator
• Thomas Bahnson Stanley (1890–1970), American politician, governor of Virginia 1954–1958
• Venetia Stanley (1600–1633), English noblewoman
• Venetia Stanley (1887–1948), English socialite, intimate friend of H. H. Asquith
• Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904–1971), American biochemist, virologist, and Nobel prize laureate
• William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth) (c. 1435–1495), English soldier, fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field
• William Stanley (Elizabethan) (1548–1630), English military commander, under Queen Elizabeth I
• William Stanley (inventor), British inventor and businessman
• William Stanley, Jr. (1858–1916), American physicist
• Winifred C. Stanley (1909–1996), U.S. Representative from New York
• Woodrow Stanley (1950–2022), American politician

English nobility and gentry[edit]

• any of the Stanley Baronets
• any who held the title Baron Stanley
• any who held the title Baron Stanley of Alderley
• Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield (1874–1948), president of the Board of Trade, chairman of London Passenger Transport Board
• Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancram (1600–1656/7), wife of the 1st Earl of Ancram
• Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley, name used for several men: see Edward Stanley (disambiguation)
• Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (1907–1971)
• Henrietta Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange (1687–1718), English peeress
• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531–1593)
• James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607–1651)
• Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435–1504)
• William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1584–1642)

Fictional characters[edit]

• Stanley (Cars), the deceased founder of the town Radiator Springs in the Cars franchise
• Stanley, an anthropomorphic white tank engine on TV series Thomas and Friends
• Stanley, a character in the film A Troll in Central Park (1994)
• Sappy Stanley, a character in the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures
• Stanley and His Monster, characters from DC Comics
• Stanley the Tool, formerly Plaid, a character in the webcomic Erfworld
• Stanley Bernstein, a character in American TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries)
• Stanley Griff, the main character of the Playhouse Disney animated series Stanley
• Stanley Hudson, a character on the TV show The Office
• Stanley Ipkiss, the main character in the comic and the film The Mask
• Stanley «Grandpa» Kanisky, a character on the American television sitcom Gimme a Break
• Stanley Kowalski, a character in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Stanley Lambchop, a main character in Jeff Brown’s Flat Stanley book series
• Stan Marsh, a character on the TV show South Park
• Stanley Pines, AKA Grunkle Stan, character on the animated TV series Gravity Falls
• Stanley Roper, a character on the American sitcom Three’s Company
• Stan Smith (American Dad!), the lead character from the American Dad! animated sitcom
• Stanley Snyder, a character from the manga series Dr. Stone
• Stanley Sorenson, a main character in Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven book series
• Stanley Tweedle, a character on the science fiction TV series Lexx
• Stanley Yelnats IV, a character from the novel and film Holes
• Stanley Zbornak, a character in the American TV series The Golden Girls
• Stanley, the protagonist in the 2011 video game The Stanley Parable, its 2013 remake, and its 2022 Ultra Deluxe release
• Stanley the Bugman, the protagonist in the 1983 Nintendo video game Donkey Kong 3 and the 1999 game Super Smash Bros
• Beth Stanley, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie Deep Impact

See also[edit]

• Stanley (disambiguation)
• Stanislav (given name)

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The definition of Stanley in the dictionary is the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989. Other definition of Stanley is a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072.

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