Shelley


Gender:
Origin: English
235 famous people named Shelley found on Wikipedia.
72502 female, 1752 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 9010-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 126-th in year 1972
Used in: English

Meanings

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. Shelly is a common alternative spelling.

Clearing near a ledge. Combine of scelf (shelf, ledge) and leah (wood, clearing, meadow).

Famous People: 235 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Shelley Duvall 1949 American actress
2 Mary Shelley 1797 English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer
3 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 English Romantic poet
4 Shelley Hennig 1987 American actress
5 Shelley Long 1949 Actress
6 Shelley Fabares 1944 Actress, singer
7 Shelley Winters 1920 Actress
8 George Shelley 1993 British singer
9 Rachel Shelley 1969 British actress
10 Alex Shelley 1983 Professional wrestler
11 Shelley Lubben 1968 Author, singer, motivational speaker, and former pornographic actress
12 Shelley Conn 1976 English actress
13 Shelley Hack 1947 American actress
14 Shelley Moore Capito 1953 American politician
15 Shelley Plimpton 1947 American actress
16 Shelley Berman 1925 American comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
17 Shelley Malil 1964 American actor
18 Shelley Morrison 1936 American actress
19 Shelley Regner 1989
20 Pete Shelley 1955 English singer-songwriter
21 Barbara Shelley 1932 British actress
22 Percy Florence Shelley 1819 British Baronet
23 Carole Shelley 1939 British actress
24 Shelley Longworth 1976 British actress
25 Shelley Craft 1976 Australian television personality
26 Shelley Shannon 1956 American activist
27 Steve Shelley 1962 Alternative rock drummer
28 Shelley Beattie 1967 American bodybuilder
29 Burke Shelley 1947 Welsh musician
30 Shelley Preston 1964 British singer
31 Shelley Unwin
32 Shelley Calene-Black 1979 American actress
33 Shelley Berkley 1951 US Congresswoman
34 Shelley Duncan 1979 American baseball player
35 Jody Shelley 1976 Canadian ice hockey player
36 Shelley Blond 1970 British actress
37 Kate Shelley 1865 American railroad heroine
38 Shelley Rubin American activist
39 Peter Shelley British singer, songwriter and record producer
40 Shelley Jackson 1963 A writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments
41 Norman Shelley 1903 British actor
42 Bruce Shelley 2000 Video game designer
43 Cindy Shelley 1960 British actress
44 Kevin Shelley 1955 American politician
45 Alexander Shelley 1979 British conductor
46 Shelley E. Taylor 1946 American psychologist
47 Shelley Ackerman 1953 American astrologer, writer, actress, singer
48 Howard Shelley 1950 British pianist and conductor
49 Shelley Webb British writer
50 Shelley Jensen Television director, producer
51 Gerard Shelley 1891 British linguist, author and translator
52 Lorena Shelley 1971 Mexican television actor
53 Shelley Breen 1969 American singer
54 Shelley Sutherland
55 Shelley Kerr 1969 Scottish footballer
56 Jeremy Shelley 1990 American football placekicker
57 Shelley Sekula-Gibbs 1953 American politician
58 Shelley Rudman 1981 British skeleton racer
59 Timothy Shelley 1753 British politician
60 Mark Shelley American television producer
61 Shelley Williams
62 Shelley von Strunckel 1946 Sun sign astrologer
63 Shelley Niro 1954 Contemporary Mohawk filmmaker and visual artist
64 Shelley Taylor Morgan American actress
65 Shelley Day Video game designer
66 David Shelley 1957 American musician
67 Shelley Mann 1937 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
68 Shelley Watts 1987 Australian boxer
69 Shelly Hull 1884 American actor
70 Rex Shelley 1930 Singaporean author, businessman and member of the Public Service Commission between 1976 and 2007
71 Joshua Shelley 1920 American actor
72 Shelley Mayer American politician
73 Shelley Looney 1972 Ice hockey player
74 Kenneth Shelley 1951 Figure skater
75 Martha Shelley 1943 American feminist
76 Shelley Olds 1980 Cyclist
77 Shelley Peterson 1952 Canadian actress
78 Shelley Carroll Canadian politician
79 Shelley Hancock 1951 New South Wales politician
80 Shelley Taylor-Smith 1961 Australian swimmer
81 Shelley Nitschke 1976 Cricketer
82 Shelley Hirsch 1952 American composer
83 Shelley Harland 1979 English singer
84 Elbert Shelley 1964 American football player
85 Shelley Adler 1959 American politician and lawyer
86 Shelley Chaplin 1984 Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
87 Brian Shelley 1981 Irish footballer
88 Louise Shelley 1952 American academic
89 Shelley Riley Moore 1926 First Lady of West Virginia
90 Shelley Martel 1963 Canadian politician
91 Shelley Patterson American basketball coach
92 Shelley Lee 1949 Former Hong Kong Government Senior Official
93 Nancy Shelley Australian activist
94 Shelley Vana 1951 Palm Beach County Commissioner
95 Shelley Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger 1872 Royal Navy officer
96 Shelley Glover 1986
97 Shelley Curtis American television director
98 John Shelley 1959 British illustrator
99 Charles M. Shelley 1833 Confederate Army general
100 Shelley Cronau 1985
101 Shelley Bennett 1981 American actress
102 Shelley Kitchen 1979 New Zealand squash player
103 Rick Shelley 1947 American writer
104 Shelley Silas British dramatist
105 Shelley Sandie 1969 Basketball player
106 George Ernest Shelley 1840 English geologist and ornithologist
107 Gladys Shelley 1911 American composer
108 Shelley Rae 1976 English female rugby union player
109 Harry Rowe Shelley 1858 American composer, organist (church and concert), and professor of music
110 Shelley Tanaka Canadian children's writer and book editor
111 Sir William Shelley 1480 English politician
112 Shelley Hughes 1958 American politician
113 Danny Shelley 1990 Footballer
114 Shelley McNamara 1952 Irish architect
115 Shelley Hamlin 1949 Professional golfer
116 Shelley Posen Curator of Canadian Folklife
117 Shelley H. Metzenbaum 1952 American government official
118 Shelley Smith Mydans 1915 American writer
119 Carla Shelley Film producer
120 Jim Shelley 1952 American musician
121 Shelley Rees Welsh actress
122 Shelley O'Donnell 1967 Australian netball player
123 Mike Shelley 1972 English rugby union player
124 Shelley Emling American journalist
125 Mary Michael Shelley 1950 American artist
126 Shelley Russell 1987 Olympic field hockey player
127 Shelley Rohde 1933 British journalist
128 Shelley Powers American writer
129 Michael Shelley American singer-songwriter
130 Shelley Moore 1932
131 Shelley Keeney 1979 American politician
132 Samuel Shelley 1750 British artist
133 Shelley Scown Australian singer
134 Shelley Archer 1958 Politician
135 Shelley Thompson 1984 Association footballer
136 Shelley Meals Television producer, television writer
137 Shelley Wark-Martyn 1963 Canadian politician
138 Shelley Mayfield 1924 Professional golfer
139 Shelley Penn 1965 Australian architect
140 Lilian Shelley 1892 British entertainer
141 Shelley Newman 1973 British athlete
142 Bert Shelley 1899 English footballer
143 Shelley Miranda Barrett
144 Paul Shelley 1959 Canadian politician
145 Shelley Holroyd 1973 British athlete
146 Shelley Mitchell 1957 American actress
147 Percy Shelley British Potter
148 Lee Shelley 1956 American fencer
149 Deck Shelley 1906 American football player
150 Jaime Augusto Shelley 1937 Mexican writer
151 Hugh Shelley 1910 American baseball player
152 Shelley Gare 1952 Australian journalist
153 Shelley Solmes Canadian musician
154 Shelley Madore American politician
155 Shelley Davis 1952 American activist and lawyer
156 Shelley Midura 1966 American politician
157 Shelley Scarrow Television producer and writer
158 Arthur Shelley Footballer
159 Walter Shelley American politician
160 Shelley Sweeney 1959 Canadian archivist
161 Shelley Puhak 1975 American poet
162 Shelley Buckner 1989 American actress
163 Wanda Shelley 1969 American film producer
164 James Shelley 1884 University professor, educationalist, lecturer, critic, director of broadcasting
165 Shelley Oates-Wilding 1965 Australian canoeist
166 Shelley Andrews 1953 Olympic field hockey player
167 Adolphus Edward Shelley 1812 British colonial administrator
168 Shelley Nichols 1982 Canadian curler
169 Shelley M. Shier Canadian theatre manager
170 George M. Shelley 1877 American mayor
171 Shelley Taub 1939 American politician
172 Don Shelley 1948 English cricket scorer
173 Shelley Fruin 1961 Cricketer
174 Shelley Appleton 1919 Labor leader
175 Rebecca Shelley 1887 American pacifist
176 Shelley Hammonds 1983 Australian Basketball player
177 Tom Shelley 1876 Australian rules footballer
178 Sidney Patrick Shelley 1880 British Baronet
179 Shelley Wickramasinghe 1926 Sri Lankan cricketer
180 Shelley Steiner-Wetterberg 1961 Fencer
181 Shelley Smith 1912 British crime writer (1912-1998)
182 Richard Shelley English politician
183 Shelley Eaton 1965 Australian politician
184 Shelley Spector 1960
185 Joe Shelley 1892 Australian rules footballer
186 Shelley Roy 1974 Australian handball player
187 Shelley Morten 1959 Canadian wrestler
188 Ronald G. Shelley 1932 Spanish War historian
189 Jack Shelley 1905
190 Robert J. Shelley 1941 American politician
191 Shelley Debenham 1979 British disc jockey and master of ceremonies
192 Shelley Solomon 1963 American tennis player
193 Shelley Bryce 1978 New Zealand tennis player
194 Howard Merrill Shelley 1879 Playwright
195 Shelley Hesson 1976
196 Shelley Faulmann 1991
197 Shelley Levinson 1943 American film director
198 Shelley Cramer 1961
199 Shelley Rhead 1965 Canadian speed skater
200 Shelley Scott