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
• 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.