Proper noun
A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in early 20th century.
Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:
A town, the capital of the Falkland Islands, also known as Port Stanley.
A small town in north-west Tasmania, Australia.
A small town near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
A neighbourhood near the centre of Alexandria, Egypt.
A coastal town and area in Southern district, Hong Kong
Synonyms: (obsolete) Chek Chue, Chek Chu
A number of places in Canada:
A ghost town in the Cariboo region, British Columbia.
The Rural Municipality of Stanley, a rural municipality in southern Manitoba.
A village in York County, New Brunswick.
The Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village in Derbyshire, England.
A former coal town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1953).
A small suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3891).
A small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England.
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
A hamlet in the village of Bremhill, Wiltshire, England.
A village north of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1033).
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
The former name of an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now called Turk.
A tiny town in Custer County, Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana.
A tiny city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa.
A neighborhood of Overland Park, Kansas; suburb of Kansas City.
An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
A village in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
An unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
A hamlet in the town of Seneca, Ontario County, New York.
A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.
A small city, the county seat of Mountrail County, North Dakota.
A town in Page County, Virginia.
A small city in Chippewa County and Clark County, Wisconsin.
A town in Barron County, Wisconsin.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIndividual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup! Guy Lafleur
I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. Ishmael Reed
My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley. Sally Kirkland
Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling. Marlon Brando
Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster. Ted Lindsay
My oh My, what a wretched Life. I was born on the day that my poor mama died. I was cut from Her belly with a stanley knife. My daddy did a jig with the drunk midwife. Nick Cave