Stanly Family Crest & Name History

Stanly is best understood alongside Stanley: both are English spellings of a single family name. Like many surnames, it began with a place: “From Stanley, "stony clearing”.

• Related forms: Standley and Stanleigh.
• Stanly drops the “e” of Stanley, a simplification that clerks often made.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Heraldry and the Stanly name

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