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Shelley
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English
Alternative forms
(as a name) Shelly
Etymology
From en ang -, meaning "clearing on a bank".
Pronunciation
en /ˈʃɛli/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shelley.wav Southern England
en ɛli 2
Proper noun
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
en habitational Old English.
en male surnames mostly before 1930.
en rare en male Sheldon.
Shelley Berman Shelley Berman
en female surnames 1930s and later, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
Emily Cochrane In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/biden-shelley-moore-capito-infrastructure.html 2021-05-12 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812081653/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/biden-shelley-moore-capito-infrastructure.html
en female Rochelle.
Shelley Berkley Shelley Berkley
A number of places:
en village par/Ongar dist/Epping Forest co/Essex cc/England OS grid ref TL5404.
en small village/and/cpar in dist/Babergh co/Suffolk cc/England OS grid ref TM0338. Parish map (Suffolk)
en village par/Kirkburton bor/Kirklees co/West Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE2011.
en city co/Bingham County s/Idaho c/USA.
en community north-east of city/Prince George p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en locality and former town in the shire:Pref/Towong north-east s/Victoria c/Australia.
en suburb city/Perth in the city:Pref/Canning s/Western Australia.
Derived terms
en Shelleyan Shelleyana Shelleyesque Shelley Woodhouse
References
Further reading
Shelley (name)
Anagrams
en eehllsy Helsley
en unisex given names
en Individuals