Stanley Forename
1,118th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 832,875 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Stanley Forename Definition:
A male name. a surname derived from a common place-name. It is not mentioned by Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884, and its use as a christian name is apparently a recent development, originally due to the popularity of the explorer Henry Stanley (1841—1904), whose real name was not Stanley but Rowlands.
Read More About This ForenameStanley Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 264,516 | 1:1,371 | 294 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 126,515 | 1:1,404 | 251 |
| Kenya | 100% | 55,368 | 1:836 | 160 |
| England | 100% | 47,318 | 1:1,175 | 244 |
| Haiti | 100% | 43,913 | 1:244 | 17 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 31,140 | 1:1,695 | 342 |
| South Africa | 100% | 29,461 | 1:1,851 | 291 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 22,695 | 1:680 | 117 |
| Malawi | 99% | 22,485 | 1:761 | 164 |
| Zambia | - | 22,307 | 1:711 | 152 |
| Ghana | 100% | 20,901 | 1:1,291 | 256 |
| Uganda | 100% | 17,048 | 1:2,402 | 343 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,826 | 1:2,094 | 430 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 11,411 | 1:714 | 81 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,189 | 1:401 | 66 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 6,444 | 1:11,457 | 1,126 |
| India | 99% | 5,777 | 1:210,296 | 21,559 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 5,717 | 1:5,326 | 616 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,841 | 1:4,464 | 723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,507 | 1:4,615 | 793 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Liberia | 100% | 4,202 | 1:1,050 | 203 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,901 | 1:27,175 | 2,511 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,883 | 1:55,173 | 3,784 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,626 | 1:3,136 | 631 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,978 | 1:1,797 | 278 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,856 | 1:10,789 | 1,540 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,294 | 1:1,349 | 289 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,273 | 1:113,490 | 12,473 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,046 | 1:8,261 | 1,084 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,741 | 1:91,592 | 6,439 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,696 | 1:22,422 | 765 |
| Namibia | - | 1,623 | 1:1,481 | 297 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,597 | 1:364 | 67 |
| Australia | - | 1,352 | 1:10,102 | 960 |
| China | - | 1,314 | 1:1,039,616 | 34,616 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,266 | 1:6,124 | 503 |
| Togo | - | 1,154 | 1:6,273 | 988 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,127 | 1:4,025 | 620 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,101 | 1:1,674 | 296 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,053 | 1:525 | 64 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 951 | 1:10,969 | 1,258 |
| France | 100% | 883 | 1:75,278 | 1,891 |
| Singapore | 100% | 821 | 1:7,658 | 1,384 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 795 | 1:196 | 27 |
| Ireland | 99% | 732 | 1:6,344 | 562 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 670 | 1:2,032 | 401 |
| Botswana | 100% | 617 | 1:3,540 | 628 |
| Bahamas | - | 559 | 1:714 | 181 |
| Swaziland | - | 513 | 1:2,534 | 550 |
| Thailand | 100% | 501 | 1:139,852 | 10,490 |
| Guyana | 100% | 496 | 1:1,539 | 282 |
| Fiji | - | 489 | 1:1,825 | 504 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 445 | 1:10,714 | 965 |
| Oman | - | 441 | 1:9,317 | 1,152 |
| Kuwait | - | 380 | 1:9,961 | 1,200 |
| Ecuador | - | 375 | 1:47,272 | 1,724 |
| Israel | 98% | 362 | 1:23,212 | 2,074 |
| Gabon | - | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Germany | 100% | 359 | 1:269,298 | 3,672 |
| El Salvador | - | 325 | 1:19,513 | 1,042 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Barbados | - | 285 | 1:1,017 | 238 |
| Sweden | 100% | 264 | 1:37,341 | 2,172 |
| Malta | - | 244 | 1:1,760 | 345 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 229 | 1:70,342 | 1,916 |
| Panama | 100% | 220 | 1:17,757 | 1,852 |
| French Polynesia | - | 195 | 1:1,425 | 335 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Vanuatu | - | 186 | 1:1,407 | 400 |
| Spain | 100% | 181 | 1:257,072 | 4,630 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 166 | 1:181,939 | 6,862 |
| Belize | 100% | 164 | 1:2,160 | 494 |
| Denmark | - | 163 | 1:34,659 | 1,549 |
| South Korea | - | 161 | 1:34,437 | 2,692 |
| Norway | 100% | 158 | 1:32,483 | 1,599 |
| Qatar | 100% | 158 | 1:14,998 | 2,304 |
| Colombia | 100% | 150 | 1:318,526 | 6,018 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 148 | 1:754 | 89 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 143 | 1:166,222 | 16,036 |
| Aruba | - | 134 | 1:774 | 138 |
| Belgium | 100% | 133 | 1:86,391 | 3,203 |
| Micronesia | - | 124 | 1:859 | 135 |
| Peru | 98% | 117 | 1:271,722 | 6,231 |
| Japan | - | 116 | 1:1,103,328 | 15,601 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 115 | 1:302 | 28 |
| Chile | 78% | 113 | 1:155,816 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 111 | 1:54,219 | 2,536 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 108 | 1:2,502 | 453 |
| Honduras | 100% | 103 | 1:85,606 | 2,997 |
| Russia | 94% | 102 | 1:1,414,056 | 10,776 |
| Jersey | - | 100 | 1:1,000 | 215 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 99 | 1:1,796 | 329 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 89 | 1:1,233 | 247 |
| Iraq | 100% | 87 | 1:402,504 | 4,983 |
| Mexico | 100% | 84 | 1:1,477,910 | 10,058 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 79 | 1:103,968 | 3,224 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 78 | 1:703 | 120 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Bermuda | - | 71 | 1:913 | 199 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 69 | 1:742 | 70 |
| Grenada | 97% | 64 | 1:1,689 | 361 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 61 | 1:1,629 | 348 |
| Argentina | 80% | 56 | 1:763,808 | 4,538 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 46 | 1:1,333 | 299 |
| Italy | 95% | 46 | 1:1,327,437 | 10,603 |
| Dominica | - | 42 | 1:1,797 | 295 |
| Pakistan | 90% | 42 | 1:4,627,564 | 46,557 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 40 | 1:21,777 | 1,351 |
| Czechia | 100% | 40 | 1:266,404 | 1,860 |
| Macau | - | 37 | 1:16,438 | 326 |
| Greece | 100% | 34 | 1:321,604 | 5,247 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Finland | 98% | 28 | 1:195,828 | 3,377 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Vietnam | - | 26 | 1:3,562,427 | 3,420 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Benin | 100% | 23 | 1:459,819 | 15,743 |
| Afghanistan | - | 20 | 1:1,631,176 | 16,044 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:1,562 | 349 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 17 | 1:120,000 | 9,827 |
| Senegal | - | 17 | 1:857,727 | 8,623 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 16 | 1:331,879 | 1,774 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 14 | 1:1,648,281 | 41,086 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Paraguay | 75% | 13 | 1:556,677 | 5,170 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Congo | 100% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Iceland | 100% | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Tuvalu | - | 9 | 1:1,237 | 11 |
| Andorra | - | 8 | 1:10,361 | 626 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
Stanley (214,527) may also be a surname.
Stanley Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a surname derived from a common place-name. It is not mentioned by Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884, and its use as a christian name is apparently a recent development, originally due to the popularity of the explorer Henry Stanley (1841—1904), whose real name was not Stanley but Rowlands. It is now a common christian name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Which, like Howard, Percy, and Sidney, was originally a very aristocratic surname. Professor Weekley mentions a Ricardus le Nouthird (neat-herd) de Stanley Porter, occurring ca. 1300, in the Register of the Freemen of York. The name does not appear in Searle, who, however, has Stanburgh and Stangrim; whence I deduce that Stanley was originally ‘he who lives by the (? great) stone in the lea’ or meadow.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Of the] stony lea. Some authorities give this as a form of Stanislaus.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Stanley Forename Popularity
Stanley Demographics
Average Stanley Salary in
United States
$45,257 USD
Per year
Rank:
179,927 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0803588
Rank: 256 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
103.97%
Sample size: 146,374 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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