Stapeley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Stapley

Etymology

From Old English stapol (“post, support, stay; pillar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to staple +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Stapeley (countable and uncountable, plural Stapeleys)

1. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Stapeley & District Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6749).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stapeley is the 68634^th most common surname in England, belonging to 34 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stapeley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• plat-eyes