His first name is his mother's maiden name; his last name derives from a town in western Massachusetts. He has been smart and lucky ever since. Sorry, Stuart, but no matter how suave the dude is, I still think Stone Barrington is just a sorta goofy name that recalls to mind Dash Riprock.
Curley /cur-ley/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Curley is  strong man. Related to Charles, via Anglo-Saxon ceorl, or churl.harted below is the birth name popularity of Curley for boys. Curley was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its highest rank of #959 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (Top 1000 Birth Names Records, 2014).
Origin and History of the Curley Name. Various sources claim a wide variety of origins for the Curley surname, but these claims are all speculative, based almost entirely on phonetic similarities, and none of these claims are verifiable in documented sources.trangely, Woulfe's first publication of Irish Names and Surnames in 1906 has MacOirealla as the origin of Curley. It is only in his later publication that Woulfe mistakenly groups Curley with other surnames as being derived from MacThoirdealbhaigh.