Shelley

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛli/
  • Rhymes: -ɛli

Proper noun

Shelley

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
  2. A habitational surname​.
  3. A male given name, transferred use of the surname, mostly before 1930.
  4. A female given name used since the 1930s, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
  5. A village in Essex, England.
  6. A village in Suffolk, England.
  7. A village in North Yorkshire, England.

Further reading
  • Shelley at OneLook Dictionary Search

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