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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsStokely, Stokeley, Stockley

Meaning & History

This is an English locational name of Anglo-Saxon origin. The meaning is either the wood from which stocks, that is to say tree stumps or logs were obtained and derived from the Old English pre 7th Century word stocc, meaning a stump and leah, "a wood or glade". Alternatively, it may describe a wood belonging to the farm, from the Old English stoc, meaning "a dairy-farm", and leah as before.
Added 12/17/2021 by CapriJS98