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Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Stanley: English Meaning of Stanley: "near the stony meadow" Stanley's Popularity in 2012: #733
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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.

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Stanley Tucci (American actor)
Stanley Laurel, English comedian and actor, one half of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy
Stanley Gavin (b. 2011), son of Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong

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"Stanley," the animated kids TV series that aired on Payhouse Disney
Stanley Hudson (character on the American TV series "The Office")
Stanley (baby on TV series "Cougar Town")
Stanley Yelnats-main character in Holes

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Stan, Stanly

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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Stanley: English Meaning of Stanley: "near the stony meadow"
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Perfect example of how your perception of a name can change when you apply it to the opposite gender: when used for a girl, Stanley suddenly becomes an attractive, upper-crusty name ala Ansley or Finley.

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Stanley Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and mother of President Barack Obama

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Stanley Timberlake, Bette Davis' character from "In This Our Life"

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