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Shelley name meaning

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in 2010
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What does the name Shelley mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Shelley

User Submitted Origins

English
75%
American
13%
Native American
6%
Hebrew
6%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Kansas, U.S. says the name Shelley is of English origin and means "Of a meadow on a ledge".
  2. A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Shelley is of English origin and means "Meadow by a creek".
  3. A user from Ohio, U.S. says the name Shelley is of English origin and means "A grassy shelf before a cliff. ' wooded clearing on a ledge or plateau'".
  4. A submission from Utah, U.S. says the name Shelley means "shells".
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  1. Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)
    Synonyms: percy bysshe shelley
  2. English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
    Synonyms: mary godwin wollstonecraft shelley, mary shelley, and mary wollstonecraft shelley
Wiktionary

From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
  2. A habitational surname​.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
  5. A village in Essex, England.
  6. A village in Suffolk, England.
  7. A village in North Yorkshire, England.
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Notable Persons Named Shelley

Notable Persons Named Shelley

Shelley Duvall

Shelley Duvall is an actress, producer, writer, singer, voice artist, and comedienne. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1970 to 2002. Shelley was given the name Shelley Alexis Duvall on July 7th, 1949 in Houston.

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Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters was an actress and actor. She was most active from 1943 to 2006. Shelley was given the name Shirley Schrift on August 18th, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She passed away on January 14th, 2006.

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Shelley Hennig

Shelley Hennig is a beauty queen. She holds the title Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2004, Miss Teen USA 2004, Miss Louisiana Teen USA2004, and Miss Teen USA2004. Shelley was given the name Shelley Catherine Hennig on January 2nd, 1987 in Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.

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Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares is an actress and singer. She was most prominent from 1947 to 1947. Shelley was given the name Michele Ann Marie Fabares on January 19th, 1944 in Santa Monica, California, U.S. Shelley is also known as Shelly Fabares.

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Shelley Long

Shelley Long is an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1971 to present. Shelley was given the name Shelley Lee Long on August 23rd, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.

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Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito is an office holder. Shelley was born on November 26th, 1953 in Glen Dale, West Virginia.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Shelley

Notable Persons With the Last Name Shelley

Mary Shelley

Mary was given the name Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on August 30th, 1797 in Somers Town, London. She died on February 1st, 1851.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy was born on August 4th, 1792 in Field Place, Horsham, Sussex, England. He passed away on July 8th, 1822.

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Rachel Shelley

Rachel Shelley is an actress, model, and actor. Rachel was born on August 25th, 1969 in Swindon.

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Alex Shelley

Alex Shelley is a wrestler. Alex was born on May 23rd, 1983 in Detroit.

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George Shelley

George Shelley is a pop music and pop rock singing, songwriter, and radio personality. He was most active from 2012 to present. George was given the name George Paul Shelley on July 27th, 1993 in Clevedon, North Somerset, England.

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Pete Shelley

Pete Shelley is a punk rock, pop punk, new wave music, and power pop musician. He plays Gibson Marauder and Gibson Les Paul Junior. He was most active from 1975 to present. Pete was given the name Peter Campbell McNeish on April 17th, 1955.

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  • Sir Percy Florence Shelley
  • Barbara Shelley
    Actress
  • Steve Shelley
    Musician
  • Carole Shelley
    Actor
  • Burke Shelley
    Musician
  • Jody Shelley
    Hockey Player
  • Michael Shelley
  • Martha Shelley
  • David Shelley
    Musician
  • Jeremy Shelley
    Athlete
  • John Shelley
  • John Francis Shelley
    Mayor of San Francisco
  • Charles Miller Shelley
  • Samuel Shelley

Common last names for Shelley

Common first names for Shelley

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Shelley U.S.
█  White 85.02% 64.26%
█  African American 9.74% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.66% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.83% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.69% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.05% 16.26%

Of Last Name Shelley

People with the last name Shelley are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Shelley

  • What name lists does Shelley rank for?
    #279 Last Name First Names
  • How Popular is the name Shelley? Shelley is the 802nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Shelley was the 2,533rd most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Shelley have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 74,275 babies born with the first name Shelley in the United States. That's more than enough people named Shelley to occupy the country of Dominica with an estimated population of 71,293 (as of May 14, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Shelley? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1892 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Shelley first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Shelley is Tuesday, March 31st, 1868.
  • What year had the most people named Shelley born? The highest recorded use of the first name Shelley was in 1964 with a total of 2,821 babies. That's a lot of babies named Shelley!
  • Random Shelley Factoid: According to the 1970 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Shelley ranks 97th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Maine. Imagine that, 20 babies in Maine have the same name in 1970.
  • Weird things about the name Shelley: The name spelled backwards is Yellehs. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Lyshele. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Shelley? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 14,300 people with the last name Shelley.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Shelley? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 5 of them will have Shelley as their last name.
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