What does Shirley mean?

Shirley means "meadow shire; bright"

How do we pronounce Shirley?

Shirley \(s)hir-ley, sh-irl-ey\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Shirley is pronounced as -SHERERLiy- 1.

1 Pronunciation for Shirley: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Shirley?

Shirley is an English name of Old English origin. Shirley is of the meaning meadow shire; bright meadow. From the elements 'scir' shire, county, bright ; 'leah' wood, clearing, meadow. The first name is derived from the surname, itself originally a local name from a place in England so called, possibly from Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and the West Midlands. The first name was adopted in the mid 19th century, and was originally a male name. It later gained popularity, but as a female name, after Charlotte Brontë wrote her novel Shirley (1849), in which the parents first chose the name in the hopes of a baby boy, but when the baby turned out to be a girl, they nevertheless kept the choice of the name. The name was later popularized through the fame of the US child actress Shirley Temple (1928-). Shirley is a widely used name; it has 36 variant forms. Variant forms consist of Cherly pronounciation, name Chirley, name Sherle meaning, Sherlea pronounciation, Sherlee meaning, Sherleen name variations, meaning of Sherleigh, Sherlie name, Sheryl name variations, name Shir origin, Shirelle name variations, Shirlea pronounciation, name Shirleen origin, Shirleigh meaning, Shirlena definition, Shirlene meaning and origin, Shirli definition, name Shirlie meaning, Shirlina name popularity, name Shirline, Shirlly name popularity, Shirlyn meaning, Shirlynn name popularity, Shurlee name, and name Shurley meaning. Other English forms consist of the contracted form Shirl name variations, the pet forms Shelley name variations, Sherri meaning and origin, and Sherry name variations, and the spelling variants Shaylee pronounciation, name Sherley origin, what does the name Sherli mean, Sherly pronounciation, what does the name Shirely mean, name Shirlee meaning, and baby name Shirly.

The following famous people share the name Shirley:

  • Actress Shirley Jones, born 31 March 1934, Charleroi, Pennsylvania
  • Actress Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLane Beaty, 24 April 1934, Richmond, Virginia
  • Car Racer Shirley Muldowney, born Shirley Roque, Schenectady, New York
  • Politician Shirley Chisholm, born Shirley Anita St
  • Hill, 30 November 1924 - 1 January 2005, Brooklyn, New York.

List of baby names that sound like Shirley:

the English baby name Shirlee, the name Sarahlee meaning and origin, the Indian name Sarala origin, the English short names for Saralee, the English Saraly meaning of name, the Hebrew Sariel meaning and origin, the name name Sarila origin, the English baby name Scharlane, the English Sharlane name variations, the English Sheriel pronounciation, the name short names for Sherilynn, the name what does the name Sherilynne mean, the name nicknames for Sherlea, the English Sheryll meaning, the English what does the name Shiralee mean, the English Shirely name popularity, the name Shirlea pronounciation, the Welsh nicknames for Siriol, the English name Cerella origin, and the Slavic nicknames for Cirila.

The baby name Shirley fun facts:

The name Shirley in reverse order is "Yelrihs".

The numerological value of the name Shirley is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Shirley?

Shirley is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames