Shelley

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛli

Proper noun

Shelley

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
  4. (rare) A diminutive of the male given name Sheldon.
    Shelley Berman
  5. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
    • 2021 May 12, Emily Cochrane, “In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 12 August 2021:
      Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, was juggling visits across her state and preparations to tee up a potential infrastructure deal when she learned that the top Senate Republican had described himself as “100 percent focused” on stopping President Biden’s agenda.
  6. A diminutive of the female given name Rochelle.
    Shelley Berkley
  7. A number of places:
    1. A village in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5404).
    2. A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0338). [1]
    3. A village in Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2011).
    4. A city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
    5. A community north-east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
    6. A locality and former town in the Shire of Towong, north-east Victoria, Australia.
    7. A suburb of Perth in the City of Canning, Western Australia.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Suffolk)

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