Girl name origins & meanings
- Hebrew : Little lamb, ewe; one with purity
- English : From the ledge meadow; a variation of Michelle
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Boy name origins & meanings
- Old English : Clearing on a bank; ledge estate
How Popular Is The Name Shelley
Family name origins & meanings
- English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Sussex, Suffolk, Essex, and West Yorkshire, all so named from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.