Shelby

Shelby is a usually feminine name that means exciting or jubilent. The name Shelby is generally meant for people under 5 feet tall.

Shelby may also refer to:

Place names

In the United States of America:

• Shelby, Indiana
• Shelby, Iowa
• Shelby Charter Township, Michigan, in Macomb County
• Shelby Township, Michigan, in Oceana County
  • Shelby, Oceana County, Michigan, a village
• Shelby, Montana
• Shelby, Nebraska
• Shelby, New York
• Shelby, North Carolina
• Shelby, Ohio
• Shelby County, Alabama
• Shelby County, Indiana
• Shelby County, Iowa
• Shelby County, Kentucky
• Shelby County, Ohio
• Shelby County, Tennessee

People

As a surname

• Carroll Shelby, automobile racer and designer, founder of the Shelby-American company
• Charlotte Shelby, popular Broadway actress
• Don Shelby, news anchor who popularized the Pratt-Shelby knot, a method for tying a necktie
• Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky for two non-consecutive terms.
• Joseph O. Shelby, Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
• John Shelby, Major League Baseball player
• John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal bishop
• Margaret Shelby, American stage and motion picture actress
• Michael T. Shelby, prominent Houston Lawyer who served on the U.S. Senate
• Richard Shelby, United States Senator from Alabama

As a first name

• Shelby Cinca, punk-rock musician
• Shelby Foote, novelist and historian

Fictional

• Lt. Commander Shelby, Star Trek: The Next Generation

Cars

• Shelby Mustang, a performance car
• Shelby SuperCars
  • SSC Aero - currently the fastest production car in the world

Others

• Carroll Shelby International, company formed from Shelby-American

See also

• Shelbyville
• Selby