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Shirl - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Shirl
 
 

 



[ 1 syll. (s)hir(l), sh-i-rl ] The girl name Shirl is pronounced as SHERL KEY. Shirl is an English name of Old English origin. Shirl is a short form of the English name Shirley.

Shirl is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1964 with 0.011% of baby girls being given the name Shirl. It had a ranking of #715 then. The baby name has experienced a marked decline in frequency since then, and is today of sporadic use. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Shirl, the English Shirley was the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Shirl include the Irish Sérlait, the English Sharell, the English Sharlotte, the English Sharrell, the English Sharyl, the English Sherill, the English Sherley, the English Sherrel, the English Sherrell, the English Sherrelle, the English Sherril, the English Sherrill, the English Sherryl, the English Sheryl, the English Sheryle, the English Shiral, the English Shirlee, the English Shirley, the Welsh Ceril, the English and German Cheryl, the English and French Cyrille, the English Sheryll, the Slavic Cirila, the English Cyrilla, and the English Sheryell.

KEY: Pronunciation for Shirl: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


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