Staley Family History
Staley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester) or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland) Staveley (Lancashire) or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff stave rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022