Staple Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

In parish registers, Staple often stands in for Staples. The name is usually explained as “boundary post”.

Heraldry and the Staple name

There is no single Staple family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

How the spelling arose

Staple drops the “s” of Staples, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Stapel.

The 2010 US Census counted 624 people named Staple, ranking it number 35,945 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. Research your Staple family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.