Shelley (name)

Meaning

In many baby name books, Shelley is listed as meaning "From the meadow on the ledge" or "clearing on a bank". It is Old English in origin. As with many other names (Ashley, Courtney, 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.

People

Surname

• Alexander Shelley, a British conductor
• Alex Shelley, stage name of professional wrestler Patrick Martin
• Barbara Shelley, British actress
• George Ernest Shelley, an ornithologist
• Harry Rowe Shelley, an American composer
• Howard Shelley, a British pianist
• John Shelley, U.S. politician
• Mary Shelley, English novelist famous for writing Frankenstein and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and husband of Mary Shelley
• Pete Shelley, the lead singer and songwriter for the Buzzcocks
• Rex Shelley, Singaporean author
• Richard Shelley, English Catholic under Elizabeth I
• Steve Shelley, drummer of Sonic Youth

Given name

• Shelley Knock, Australian author
• Shelley Duncan, Yankees player
• Shelley Duvall, American actress
• Shelley Long, American actress
• Shelley Malil, Indian American actor
• Shelley Rudman, British athlete
• Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball player
• Shelley Winters, American actress

Fictional 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
• Shelley (tortoise), a tortoise on Blue Peter

Places

• Shelley, Idaho, a town in the Snake River Plain
• Shelley, West Yorkshire, a village in West Yorkshire, England

Entertainment

• Shelley (band), Pop band, released single on Sarah Records in 1995
• Shelley (TV series), a British sitcom that first aired in 1979

Other

• The Rule in Shelley's Case, a principle of the common law relating to property
• Shelley Pottery, a china and pottery manufacturer operating in Staffordshire between 1925 and 1966
• MV Shelley, a coaster

See also

• Shelly