Shelley
For other uses, see Shelley (disambiguation).
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.
Notable people with the name include the following.
Surname
- Alexander Shelley, a British conductor
- Alex Shelley, stage name of professional wrestler Patrick Martin
- Barbara Shelley, British actress
- David Shelley, American blues rock musician
- Gerard Shelley linguist/author/translator
- George Ernest Shelley, an ornithologist
- George M. Shelley, American mayor of Kansas City, Missouri 1878-1879
- George Shelley (singer), English singer (Union J)
- Harry Rowe Shelley, an American composer
- Howard Shelley, a British pianist
- John Shelley, U.S. politician
- Joshua Shelley, American actor
- Mary Shelley, English novelist author of Frankenstein and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Norman Shelley, English actor
- Percy Shelley (potter), English potter
- 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 Chaplin, Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Shelley Duncan, Yankees 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 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
See also
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