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A variation of Shelley is the English Shelly. In addition, Shelley is a short form (English) of the English, French, and German Rachel. Shelley is also a pet form of the English Shirley. Shelley is also a variation (English) of the Dutch, English, and German Michaela. Shelley is also a pet form (English) of the English, French, and German Michelle. Shelley is a rare baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1972, 0.148% of baby girls were named Shelley. It ranked at #126 then. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is currently of only irregular use. In 2007, out of the group of girl names directly related to Shelley, the English, French, and German Rachel was the most widely used. Although Shelley is somewhat used more commonly as a girl name today, there was a period before 1906 that it was more popular with boys. After 1939, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. Baby names that sound like Shelley include the English Shelly, the English and French Sally, the English Scilla, the English Shayla, the Indian Sheela, the English and Irish Sheila, the English Shelia, the Indian Shila, the English and Hebrew Shiloh, the Finnish, Frisian, German, and Scandinavian Silja, the Yiddish Sisel, the English Sisley, the Spanish Soli, the Dutch Ceciel, the English Cecil, the English Cecile, the English Cecille, the English Ceila, the English Ceileh, the English Ceileigh, the English Celesse, the English, Italian, and Spanish Celia, the English Celie, the French Cécile, the French Célia, the French Célie, the Hungarian Cili, the Dutch, Scandinavian, and English Cilla, the English Sal, the Arabic and Turkish Saliha, the English Secelia, the English Selia, the English Shell, the German Sile, the Scottish Sìle, the Irish Síle, the Portuguese and Spanish Sol, the Spanish Suelo, the English Syl, the Polish Sylwia, the English Ceceli, the English Cecelia, the English Cecila, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia, the Czech, German, and Scandinavian Cecilie, the English Cecillia, the English Cecily, the Portuguese and Slavic Cecília, the Czech Cecílie, the English Ceclia, the English Ceil, the English Ceilia, the English Cesilie, the English Cicelie, the English Cicely, the English Cicilie, the Scandinavian Cille, the English Ceceilia, the English Cecilea, the Polish Cecylia, and the English Celesia. KEY: Pronunciation for Shelley: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" A famous person named Shelley is Shelley Long, Actress, born 23 August 1949, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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