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In many baby name books, Shelley is listed as meaning "From the meadow on the ledge" or "clearing on a bank" sometimes truthful and pretty. It is Old English in origin. As with many other names (Courtney, Lindsey, etc.), Shelley is today a name given almost exclusively to girls after historically being male. Shelley is also a transferred surname used by those in Essex, Suffolk and Yorkshire, particularly in settlements where a wood/clearing was beside a ledge or hillside. Shelly is a common alternative spelling.

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Notable people with the name include the following.

Surname

  • Adolphus Edward Shelley (1812–1854), the first Auditor-General in British Hong Kong
  • Alex Shelley (born 1983), stage name of American wrestler Patrick Martin
  • Alexander Shelley (born 1979), English conductor
  • Arthur Shelley (fl.1905), British footballer
  • Barbara Shelley (born 1932), English actress
  • Bert Shelley (1899–1971), English footballer
  • Brian Shelley (born 1981), Irish footballer
  • Burke Shelley (born 1947), British musician, member of rock group Budgie
  • Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet (1731–1815), grandfather of Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Carla Shelley, film producer
  • Carole Shelley (born 1939), English actress
  • Cindy Shelley (born 1960), British actress
  • Danny Shelley (born 1990), English footballer
  • David Shelley (1957–2015), American blues rock musician
  • Deck Shelley (1906–1968), American football player
  • Elbert Shelley (born 1964), American football player
  • Sir Frederic Shelley, 8th Baronet (1809–1869), cleric and landowner
  • George Shelley (singer) (born 1993), English singer, member of group Union J
  • George Ernest Shelley (1840–1910), English geologist and ornithologist
  • George M. Shelley (1849–1927), Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Gerard Shelley (1891–1980), British linguist, author and translator
  • Gladys Shelley (1911–2003), American lyricist and composer
  • Harry Rowe Shelley (1858–1947), American composer
  • Howard Shelley (born 1950), British pianist and conductor
  • Hugh Shelley, American baseball player of the 1930s and 1940s
  • Jack Shelley (footballer) (1905–1979), Australian footballer
  • James Shelley (1884–1961), New Zealand university professor
  • Jeremy Shelley (born 1990), American football placekicker
  • Jim Shelley (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jody Shelley (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Joe Shelley (1892–1966), Australian footballer
  • John Shelley (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joshua Shelley (1920–1990), American actor
  • Kate Shelley (1863–1912), Irish-born US railroad heroine
  • Kenneth Shelley (born 1951), American figure skater
  • Kevin Shelley (born 1955), American politician
  • Lee Shelley (born 1956), American fencer
  • Lilian Shelley (1892–c.1933), English music hall entertainer
  • Louise Shelley, American university professor
  • Martha Shelley (born 1943), American writer
  • Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer, author of the novel Frankenstein
  • Mary Michael Shelley (born 1950), American folk artist
  • Michael Shelley (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nancy Shelley (died 2010), Australian peace activist
  • Norman Shelley (1903–1980), English actor
  • Paul Shelley (born 1942), English actor
  • Paul Shelley (politician) (born 1959), Canadian politician
  • Percy Shelley (potter) (1860–1937), English potter
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English poet, husband of Mary Shelley
  • Percy Florence Shelley (1819–1889), son of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley
  • Pete Shelley (born 1955), English musician, lead singer of the Buzzcocks
  • Peter Shelley, British 1970s pop singer
  • Rachel Shelley (born 1969), English actress
  • Rebecca Shelley (1887–1984), American pacifist
  • Rex Shelley (1930–2009), Eurasian Singaporean author
  • Richard Shelley (died c.1586), English Catholic under Elizabeth I
  • Richard Shelley (Grand Prior) (c.1513–c.1589), Eglish diplomat
  • Rick Shelley (1947–2001), American science fiction writer
  • Ronald G. Shelley (1932–2003), philatelist
  • Samuel Shelley (1750–1808), English miniaturist and water-colour painter
  • Sidney Patrick Shelley (1880–1965), relative of Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Steve Shelley (born 1962), American drummer, member of group Sonic Youth
  • Timothy Shelley (1753–1844), English politician, father of Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Walter Shelley, 17th-century politician, colonist of Jamestown, Virginia
  • Wanda Shelley (born 1969), American television producer
  • Sir William Shelley (c.1480–1549), English judge
  • Shelley baronets

    • Given name

  • Shelley Chaplin, Australian wheelchair basketball player
  • Shelley Duncan, former baseball player
  • Shelley Duvall, American actress
  • Shelley Hennig, American actress
  • Shelley Jensen, American television director and producer
  • Shelley Long, American actress
  • Shelley Malil, Indian American actor
  • Shelley Rudman, British athlete
  • Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball player
  • Shelley Tanaka, Canadian author and editor
  • Shelley Winters, American actress

    • Code name

  • F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, S.O.E. operative had "SHELLEY" as a code name during World War II

    • Fictional characters

  • James Shelley, the title character of Shelley (TV series)
  • Shelley Levene, a main character in the stage play Glengarry Glen Ross, and the 1992 film of the same name
  • Shelley Marsh, a secondary character on the Comedy Central show South Park
  • Shelley Unwin, a character in the British TV series Coronation Street
  • Shelley Winters, a main character in the popular webcomic Scary Go Round

    • Animals

  • Shelley (tortoise), a tortoise on Blue Peter

    • References

    Shelley Wikipedia
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