Stanley \s-tan-ley, st(a)-nley\ as a boy's name is pronounced STAN-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Stanley is "stony meadow". Place name. Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick; actor Stanley Tucci.

Stanley has 4 variant forms: Stan, Stanlea, Stanlee and Stanly.

Baby names that sound like Stanley are Stanislas, Stanislaw and Stanislav.