# Stanhope

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstæ.nəp/ · frequency rank #38,633

## Definitions
1. A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
2. A suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9940).
3. A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1229).
4. An English habitational surname from Old English.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
6. A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia
7. A locale in Canada.
8. A locale in Canada.
9. A locale in Canada.
10. A locale in the United States.
11. A locale in the United States.
12. A locale in the United States.
13. A locale in the United States.

## Etymology
The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`satnhope`, `sstanhope`, `stahnope`, `stanhhope`, `stanhoep`, `stanhoppe`, `stanhpoe`, `stannhope`, `stanohpe`, `stnahope`, `sttanhope`, `tsanhope`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stanhope