A habitational surname from Old English. • A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 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 Circular Head council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia. • A small town near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. • A neighbourhood near the centre of Alexandria, Egypt. • A coastal town and area of Southern district, Hong Kong. • A number of places in Canada: • A ghost town in the Cariboo region, British Columbia. • A rural municipality in southern Manitoba; in full, the Rural Municipality of Stanley. • A village in York County, New Brunswick. • A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215. • A number of places in the United Kingdom: • A village in Stanley and Stanley Common parish, Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4240). • 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 Endon and Stanley parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9352). • A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3424). • A hamlet in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9572). • 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; a 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.