Shelley name - Meaning of Shelley
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- Gender
- Masculine & Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- English
- Pronounced
- SHEL-ee
- Shelley Meaning
- From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English. Two famous bearers of the surname were Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a romantic poet whose works include 'Adonais' and 'Ozymandias', and Mary Shelley (1797-1851), his wife, the author of the horror story 'Frankenstein'. As a feminine given name, it came into general use after the 1940s. Shelley originates in Old English and means "meadow on a river bank". Originally it was used as a masculine given name, today it is more common for girls. It functions as a surname as well, the most famous bearers probably being an English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
Shelley Related Names
Variants: Shelly, Shelli
Diminutive: Shell
Shelley Celebrities
Shelley Duvall - actress, Shelley Hack - actress, Shelley Morrison - actress, Shelley Long - actress, Shelley Winters - actress, Shelley Hennig - actress,
