Shelley
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English
Alternative forms
- (as a name) Shelly
Etymology
From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɛli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛli
Proper noun
Shelley
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
- (rare) A diminutive of the male given name Sheldon.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
- A diminutive of the female given name Rochelle.
- A number of places:
- A village in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5404).
- A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0338).
- A village in Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2011).
- A city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
- A community north-east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
- A locality and former town in the Shire of Towong, north-east Victoria, Australia.
- A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.
Derived terms
Further reading
Shelley (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Shelley”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
