Shelley

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

1. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.
5. A number of places:
   1. A village in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5404).
   2. A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0338).
   3. A village in Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2011).
   4. A city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
   5. A community north-east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
   6. A locality and former town in the Shire of Towong, north-east Victoria, Australia.
   7. A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.

Derived terms

• Shelley Woodhouse

Further reading

• “Shelley”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Helsley