Shelley

English
"clearing on a bank"

Shelley Origin and Meaning

The name Shelley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "clearing on a bank".

The Shirley of the 1950s. Shelley Winters was born a Shirley.

# 873 in the US

Shelley Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Shelley

  • Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift)
    American actress
  • Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares
    American actress and singer
  • Shelley Marie Hack
    American actress, model, producer, and political media advisor
  • Shelley Lee Long
    American actress
  • Shelley Alexis Duvall
    American actress and producer
  • Shelley Wellons Moore Capito
    U.S. Senator from West Virginia
  • Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley
    U.S. Congresswoman from Nevada
  • Shelley Catherine Hennig
    American actress and beauty queen
  • Shelley Rudman
    English bobsledder
  • Michelle "Shelley" Kerr
    Scottish football manager
  • Percy and Mary Shelley
    English novelists

Shelley in Pop Culture

  • Shelley Victoria Unwin
    character on British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Shelley Marsh
    character on TV's "South Park"
  • Shelley
    character in movie "The Invention of Lying"
  • Shelley
    turtle in the Disney movie "Frankenweenie"
  • Shelley DeVoto
    character in the "My Girl" films