Given name & surname
Stanly
“from the stony meadow”
Stanly is a variant of Stanley. One English interpretation is “from the stony meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stanly is a variant of Stanley. One English interpretation is “from the stony meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stanly is a variant of Stanley. An origin associated with Stanley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Stanly is a variant of Stanley. The history of Stanley gives this family its wider story. Stanley’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Stanly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 966
- 966 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 866 as a first name in 2020; 379 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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