Shirley

English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shirley.wav Southern England en /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)li/ en ɜː(ɹ)li 2 en surely some dialects Etymology 1 English place name from en ang sċīr county + ang lēah meadow. Equivalent to en shire -leigh -ley en lea. More at en shire, en leigh. Alternative forms surname en Sherley Shurley Proper noun An English habitational surname V iv 72 Hold vp they head, vile Scot, or thou art like / Neuer to hold it vp againe! the spirits / Of valiant Sherley, Stafford, Blunt, are in my Armes; en rare en male surnames. 2 Shirley Blythe was with Una Meredith and both were rather silent because such was their nature. Shirley was a lad of sixteen, sedate, sensible, thoughtful, full of a quiet humour. en female surnames from the 1920s to the 1950s. I 294–295 294 Shirley Keeldar (she had no christian name but Shirley: her parents, who had wished to have a son, finding that, after eight years of marriage, Providence had granted them only a daughter, bestowed on her the same masculine family cognomen they would have bestowed on a boy, if with a boy they had been blessed)—1 en 1951 w:Alice Tisdale Hobart The Serpent-Wreathed Staff Bobbs-Merrill 50 "Why a girl like you should be named Shirley is beyond me. You haven't a ruffle or a furbelow anywhere in your nature." "Is that meant for an insult?" she asked, flushing angrily. "No, it's just that it's incongruous. You are the 'give us this day our daily bread' sort of person. Shirley is party stuff." Various places in England: en village/and/cpar in dist/Derbyshire Dales co/Derbyshire OS grid ref SK2141. Parish map (Derbyshire) en suburb lbor/Croydon co/Greater London OS grid ref TQ3565. en hamlet par/Sopley dist/New Forest co/Hampshire OS grid ref SZ1798. en suburb city/Southampton co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU4013. en suburban town metbor/Solihull co/West Midlands historically in x/Warwickshire OS grid ref SP1278. Ward map (Solihull: 1 of 3) Various places in the United States: en town co/Van Buren County s/Arkansas. en unincorporated community co/Kings County s/California. en unincorporated community co/El Paso County s/Colorado. en unincorporated community co/McLean County s/Illinois. en town co/Hancock County and co/Henry County s/Indiana. en town co/Piscataquis County s/Maine. en town/and/census-designated place co/Middlesex County s/Massachusetts. en unincorporated community co/Polk County s/Minnesota. en unincorporated community co/Washington County s/Missouri. en hamlet/and/census-designated place co/Suffolk County s/New York. TopoZone: Shirley, Suffolk Co., New York en hamlet co/Erie County s/New York. en unincorporated community co/Charles City County s/Virginia. en unincorporated community co/Tyler County s/West Virginia. en unincorporated community co/Brown County s/Wisconsin. en suburb city/Christchurch r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map Derived terms en Shirley card Shirley Holms Shirley poppy Related terms Skirlaugh Etymology 2 A pun on en surely and the name en Shirley; probably inspired by the 1980 comedy film Airplane!, which has the exchange: "Surely you can’t be serious." "I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley." Adverb - en informal humorous surely en February 18, 2001 Tim Hall Spilero 15/2 uk.media.radio.archers Shirley the pepper mills are whipped away by the peppier after use, so no danger there. But what about the candles? References Further reading Anagrams en ehilrsy Hilyers en surnames from Old English unisex given names Cebuano Etymology ceb en Shirley, a given name transferred from the habitational surname, from ceb ang scīr + ang lēah. Pronunciation Sherli ceb Shir ley Proper noun sherli ceb female English Spanish Etymology es :ubor en:Shirley + 1 Pronunciation Shírley Shirli + Proper noun f es female English Tagalog Etymology tl en Shirley, a given name transferred from the habitational surname, from tl ang scīr + ang lēah. Pronunciation Sherli + Proper noun sherli tl female English