Stanley Family History
Stanley Surname Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley including those in Yorkshire Staffordshire Derbyshire Durham Gloucestershire and Wiltshire named with Old English stān ‘stone rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.
English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages for example Polish Stanislawski, Greek Anastasiou, and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022