Stone
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English
Etymology
From stone. Doublet of Steen and Stein.
Proper noun
Stone (countable and uncountable, plural Stones)
- (countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
- (countable) A male given name
- A placename:
- A locale in England:
- A village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).
- A village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).
- A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774). [1]
- A hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034). [2]
- A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575). [3]
- A locale in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in California.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.
- An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
- Ellipsis of Stone County.
- A locale in England:
Derived terms
Translations
surname meaning "stone"