Stockdale

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English stocc →
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Meanings

proper nounStockdale (countable and uncountable, plural Stockdales)

plural Stockdales · alternative Stockdill · alternative Stogdale · alternative Stogdill · alternative Stogsdill

  1. countableA surname from Old English.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wabash County, Indiana, United States.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Pike County, Ohio, United States.
    5. countableuncountableA borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    6. countableuncountableA city in Wilson County, Texas, United States.
    7. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstocc“tree trunk”
  2. EnglishStockdale

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).

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APA

Stockdale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockdale

MLA

“Stockdale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockdale. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stockdale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockdale.

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