Surname
Stapeley
“post, support, stay; pillar”
Stapeley is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stapeley goes back to Old English stapol, meaning “post, support, stay; pillar.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English stapol (“post, support, stay; pillar”), built from English staple + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stapeley’s family of names
In English usage, Stapeley as a surname has a related form in STAPLEY.
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