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 [ 2 syll. (s)hel-ley, sh-ell-ey ] The boy name Shelley is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being somewhat more common. Its pronunciation is SHEHLiy KEY. Shelley is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. Shelley is a variant of the name Sheldon (English). Shelley is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1906 with 0.006% of baby boys being given the name Shelley. It ranked at #913 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of irregular use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Shelley, Sheldon (English) was the most popular. Though Shelley is slightly more popular as a girl name today, there was a period before 1906 that it was given more often to boys. From 1939 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Shelley. Baby names that sound like Shelley include Shelly (English), Sahale, Salah (Arabic), Salehe (Swahili), Salih (Arabic), Satchel (English), Segel, Selah (English), Sewall (English), Sha'ul (Hebrew), Shakeel (English), Shaquil (English), Shaquille (Arabic and English), Shilo (English and Hebrew), Shiloh (English and Hebrew), Shola (Yoruban), Skelley (English), Skellie (English), Skelly (English), and Sohil (Indian). 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)"   |
