Stoney
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning stone meadow; a form of Stoneley.
Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Stoney by the numbers
Stoney was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 259 babies in 1963, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Stoney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Stoney, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Stoney, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Stoney
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