Stapleton Family History
Stapleton Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Stapleton (in Devon Gloucestershire Somerset Herefordshire Shropshire Leicestershire North Yorkshire Yorkshire Cumberland) all named in Old English with stapol ‘post pillar’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The name is common in Ireland where it has been established since medieval times in the counties of Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022