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Name Stanley

Meaning:

stone clearing, stone meadow

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About the name Stanley in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Short forms:	Stan
Topics:	Asteroid 9626 Stanley, discovered 1993
US 2021 rank:	#790 ... 789:Hassan, 790:Lochlan, 791:Stanley, 792:Dash, 793:Kaiser ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Stacey, Stacey, Tenley, Tinley Details

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About Stanley, the group of names with the same origin as Stanley

Meaning/translation:	stone clearing, stone meadow
Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name deriving from a common place name with the meaning stone clearing or stone meadow
Words:	stan = the stone Old English
	leah = the wood (in the sense of forest), the clearing (open place within a wood), the meadow Old English
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	17:Stanley England+Wales 1924, 20:Stan Belgium 2016

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Popularity lists that contain the name Stanley

Series	Graph	Rankings
England+Wales	Graph	2023 90, 2022 92, 2021 82, 2020 74, 2019 67, 2018 72, 2017 70, 2016 65, 2015 59, 2014 60, 2013 70, 2012 74, 2011 80, 2010 88, 2009 98
England+Wales decades	Graph	2014 60, 1954 86, 1944 60, 1934 39, 1924 17, 1914 22, 1904 23
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 394, 1980-1989 248, 1970-1979 186, 1960-1969 114
USA yearly	Graph	2023 805, 2022 776, 2021 790, 2020 729, 2019 679, 2018 706, 2017 701, 2016 681, 2015 687, 2014 684, 2013 678, 2012 732, 2011 672, 2010 685, 2009 678, 2008 656, 2007 619, 2006 600, 2005 569, 2004 555, 2003 554, 2002 487, 2001 510, 2000 504, 1999 451, 1998 469, 1997 431, 1996 423, 1995 406, 1994 384, 1993 372

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