Shirley (name)

Shirley
Origin
Word/name	Anglo-Saxon
Meaning	habitational name for one who lived in one of the parishes called Shirley in the counties of Derbyshire, Surrey, Hampshire and the West Midlands.
Region of origin	England

Shirley is a given name and a surname originating from the English place-name Shirley, which is derived from the Old English elements scire ("shire") or scīr ("bright, clear") and lēah ("wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure"). The name makes reference to the open space where the moot (an early English assembly of freemen which met to administer justice and discuss community issues) was held. Shirley was originally a male name, but its use in Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley (1849) established it as a female name.^{[citation needed]}

In the American Jewish society of the middle twentieth century described in Herman Wouk's novel Marjorie Morningstar, it is used as a pejorative term for "a typical, conventional, well-brought up New York Jewish girl, who will ultimately want a stable husband and family"; the book's protagonist is repeatedly told that her artistic inclinations are but a sham, since she is "a Shirley at heart".

Given name

Female

Shirley (born 1946), Dutch singer
Shirley Abicair (born 1928), Australian singer, musician, actress and author
Shirley Abrahamson (born 1933), American judge
Shirley Andrews (1915-2001), Australian biochemist
Shirley Annan (1940-2017), New Zealand netball player
Shirley Ardener, Cameroonian researcher
Shirley Armstrong (born 1930), Irish fencer
Shirley Ascott (1930-1995), British sprint canoer
Shirley Babashoff (born 1957), American swimmer
Shirley Baker (1932-2014), British photographer
Shirley Ballas (born 1960), English ballroom dancer
Shirley Banfield (born 1937), Australian cricket player
Shirley Barber (born 1935), English author
Shirley Barker (1911-1965), American author
Shirley Barlow, English classicist
Shirley Barrett (born 1961), Australian film director
Shirley Bassey (born 1937), Welsh singer
Shirley Bear,
Shirley Becke,
Shirley Berruz,
Shirley Blumberg,
Shirley Bond (born 1956), Canadian politician
Shirley Bonne,
Shirley Booth (1898–1992), American actress
Shirley Booz,
Shirley Borhauer,
Shirley Ayorkor Botchway,
Shirley Bottolfsen,
Shirley Bousquet,
Shirley D. Bowler (born 1949), American writer, editor and politician
Shirley Braha,
Shirley Brasher,
Shirley Breeden,
Shirley Brifman (1935–1972), Australian prostitute and brothel madam
Shirley Briggs,
Shirley Brill,
Shirley Brown,
Shirley Brown (Australian author),
Shirley Brown (Florida politician),
Shirley Burgess,
Shirley Burkovich,
Shirley Burman,
Shirley Caesar (born 1938), American gospel singer
Shirley Cain (born 1935), British actress
Shirley Aley Campbell (born 1925), American painter
Shirley Carr (1929-2010), Canadian political leader
Shirley Cawley (born 1932), British athlete
Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), American politician, educator and author, first African-American woman elected to Congress
Shirley Clamp (born 1973), Swedish singer
Shirley Codd (born 1985), Belizean footballer
Shirley Bell Cole (1920-2010), American actress
Shirley Collins (born 1935), English folk singer
Shirley Collins (politician) (born 1952), Canadian former politician
Shirley Douglas (born 1934), Canadian actress and activist
Shirley Eaton (born 1937), English actress, model and author
Shirley Adele Field (1923-1995), Oregon legislator and judge
Shirley Anne Field (born 1936), English actress
Shirley Bunnie Foy (1936-2016), American singer
Shirley M. Frye, American mathematics educator
Shirley Goodman (1936–2005), American R&B singer, half of the 1950s duo Shirley and Lee
Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929), American writer
Shirley Brice Heath, American linguistic anthropologist
Shirley Hemphill (1947–1999), American stand-up comedian and actress
Shirley Henderson (born 1965), Scottish actress
Shirley Huffman (1928–2018), American politician
Shirley Ann Jackson (born 1946), American physicist
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), American writer
Shirley Brannock Jones (1925-2019), American judge
Shirley Jones (born 1934), American singer and actress
Shirley Kallek (1926–1983), American statistician
Shirley Knight (born 1936), American actress
Shirley Kocaçınar (born 1986), Turkish-Dutch footballer
Shirley Kwan (born 1966), Hong Kong Cantopop singer
Shirley Love (born 1940), American opera singer
Shirley McKague (1935-2020), American politician
Shirley MacLaine (born 1934), American actress
Shirley Mallmann (born 1977), Brazilian model
Shirley Manson (born 1966), Scottish singer, lead vocalist of the rock band Garbage
Shirley Ardell Mason (1923-1998), American teacher
Shirley Muldowney (born 1940), American drag racer, first woman to receive a licence to drive a top fuel dragster by the NHRA
Shirley Murray (1931–2020), New Zealand hymn writer
Shirley Phelps-Roper (born 1957), American lawyer and political activist
Shirley Pitts (1934–1992), English fraudster and thief, the "Queen of shoplifters"
Shirley B. Randleman (born 1950), American politician
Shirley Rumierk, American actress
Shirley Ann Russell (1935-2002), British costume designer
Shirley Scott (1934–2002), American hard bop and soul-jazz organist
Shirley Setia (fl. 2013–present), New Zealand singer
Shirley Sherrod, United States government employee who was unjustly fired in 2010
Shirley Adelson Siegel (1918-2020), American lawyer
Shirley-Anne Somerville (born 1974), British politician
Shirley Stelfox (1941–2015), English actress
Shirley Temple (1928–2014), American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman and diplomat
Shirley Carew Titus (1892-1967), American nurse educator
Shirley A. Walters (born 1948), Republican-American business person
Shirley Williams (born 1930), Baroness Williams of Crosby, English politician and academic
Shirley Yeung (born 1978), Hong Kong actress
Shirley Yu, Hong Kong actress
Shirley Zhou (born 1978), Chinese player
Shirley Zussman, American certified sex therapist

Male

Shirley Abbott (ambassador) (1923–2013), American businessman, diplomat, and politician
Shirley Brooks (1816-1874), English journalist
Shirley Burden (1908-1989), American photographer
Shirley Crabtree (1930–1997), English professional wrestler
Shirley Love (politician) (1933-2020), American politician and broadcaster journalist
Shirley Povich (1905–1998), American sports columnist and reporter
Shirley Leon Quimby (1893–1986), American physicist
Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836-1903), English missionary and Prime Minister of Tonga

Surname

Shirley is a surname, with pockets of Shirleys living in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Canada, New Zealand, Alaska, and parts of Great Britain.^{[citation needed]} A work on the genealogy of the various branches of the Shirley family was published as Stemmata Shirleiana by E. P. Shirley in 1841.^{[citation needed]} Their name comes from having lived in the parish of Shirley found in the counties of Derbyshire, Surrey, Hampshire and the West Midlands.

Anne Shirley (actress) (1918–1993), American actress born Dawn Evelyeen Paris
Bob Shirley (born 1954), American baseball player
Craig Shirley (born 1956), American author, lecturer, historian and public affairs consultant
Don Shirley (1927–2013), American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer
Drew Shirley (born 1974), American rock guitarist
James Shirley (1596–1666), English dramatist
Jerry Shirley (born 1952), English rock drummer
Kevin Shirley (born 1960), South African music producer
Paul Shirley (born 1977), American basketball player and writer
Sewallis Shirley (MP) (1844–1904), British politician and founder of The Kennel Club
Simon Shirley (born 1966), Australian decathlete
Dame Vera Steve Shirley (born 1933), British information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist
William Shirley (1694–1771), British colonial governor of Massachusetts

Fictional characters

Anne Shirley, the title character in Anne of Green Gables, a 1908 novel by Lucy Maude Montgomery, as well as numerous adaptations
Miss Shirley Brahms, the Cockney shop assistant in Are You Being Served?. Portrayed by Wendy Richard.
Shirley the Loon, in Tiny Toon Adventures
Shirley, the surname of the title character in Anne of Green Gables
Shirley Fenette, a character in the anime Code Geass
Shirley, a fictional character in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3
Shirley, a hairdresser in the videogame MySims
Shirley Fennes, a character in the videogame Tales of Legendia
Shirley Feeney, titular character in Laverne & Shirley
Shirley Keeldar, titular character in the Charlotte Brontë novel Shirley
Shirley Partridge, the main character in The Partridge Family
the title character of the Shirley Valentine and its film adaptation
Shirley, one of the main characters of Shaun the Sheep
Shirley, an elderly female bird in The Angry Birds Movie

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