Meaning & History
Byname from Middle English staley "resolute, reliable", a reduced form of Stallard.
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Usage Belgian
Meaning & History
From Old French estalee "fish trap", hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, or topographic name for someone who lived near where fish traps were set.