Shirley name - Meaning of Shirley
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- Gender
- Masculine & Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 6
- Usage
- English
- Pronounced
- SHUR-lee
- Shirley Meaning
- From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in Charlotte Bronte's semi-autobiographical novel 'Shirley' (1849). The child actress Shirley Temple (1928-) helped to popularize this name. Shirley originates in Old English language and means "sunny meadow". Initially, it was an old English surname and after that a masculine given name. That changed after Charlotte Bronte wrote her 1849 novel Shirley, where the main character of the same name is a girl and her parents named her Shirley because they wanted a boy. More recently, it was popularized as a feminine name by the American actress Shirley Temple.
Shirley Related Names
Variants: Sherley, Shirlee, Sherlee, Sherli, Sherly, Shirli, Shirlie, Shirly
Shirley Celebrities
Shirley Ballas - dancer, Shirley Bassey - singer, Shirley Clamp - singer, Shirley Jones - actress, Shirley MacLaine - actress, Shirley Manson - singer, Shirley Temple - child actress,
