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Shelley

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Shelley ♀, occasionally ♂ Transferred use of the surname, the most famous bearer of which was the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822). The surname is in origin a local name from one of the various places (in Essex, Suffolk, and Yorkshire) named in Old English as the ‘wood (or clearing) on (or near) a slope (or ledge)’. The name is now used almost exclusively for girls, in part perhaps as a result of association with Shirley (the actress Shelley Winters, 1922–2005, was born Shirley Schrift), and in part due to the characteristically feminine ending -(e)y.

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Shelley

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Shelley Kirkl. Scelneleie [sic] 1086 (DB), Shelfleie 1198. ‘Woodland clearing on a shelf of level ground’. OE scelf + lēah.

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Shelley

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Shelley •belly, Botticelli, casus belli, Corelli, Delhi, deli, Ellie, Grappelli, jelly, Kelly, lamellae, Machiavelli, Mahaweli, nelly, Schiaparelli, Shelley, shelly, smelly, tagliatelle, telly, Torricelli, vermicelli, welly, Zeffirelli •trebly •assembly, trembly •deadly, Hedley, medley, redly •friendly • freckly •cleanly, eco-friendly, user-friendly •heavenly • fleshly • wetly • directly •Bentley • deathly •Lesley, Leslie, Presley, Wesley •yellow-belly • underbelly •bailey, bailie, capercaillie, Cayley, ceilidh, daily, Daley, Daly, Disraeli, Eilidh, feyly, gaily, Haley, Hayley, Israeli, Rayleigh, scaly, shaly, ukulele •ably • ungainly • maidenly • shapely •stately • saintly • paisley • Ainsley •comradely

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Shelley and the waste land.(Percy Bysshe Shelley)(Critical essay) Magazine article from: Notes on Contemporary Literature; 9/1/2009
	Shelley after atheism. Magazine article from: Studies in Romanticism; 12/22/2010
	Shelley's story.(a story of abuse and how an abused person can recover) Magazine article from: Network (Winnipeg); 3/22/2009