English
wikipedia
Alternative spellings
(as a name) Shelly

Etymology
From OE., meaning "clearing on a bank".

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
2. A habitational surname.
3. given name|male, transferred use of the surname, mostly before 1930.
4. given name|female used since the 1930s, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.

Category:English surnames

sr:Shelley

• 2007-07-04 10:38 - Makaokalani - poet, dates etc

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