STANLEY  

Gender: M
Origin: English
Meaning: "near the stony meadow"

Popularity in 2008: #653

Although Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire personified brute force, most Stanleys have been portrayed as meek milquetoasts. Could be a Sydney-like girls' choice.

Nicknames & Variations:
Stan, Stanly

Stanley is being discussed in our message boards:

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Read Nameberry blog posts about Stanley:

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