Shelley - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Shelley \sh(el)-ley\ is pronounced SHEL-ee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "sloped meadow". Place name. Used as a short form of names like Michelle, Rochelle, and Shirley. Made famous by poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Actresses Shelley Long, Shelley Duvall, Shelley Winters.

Shelley has 5 variant forms: Schelley, Shellee, Shelli, Shellie and Shelly.

For more information, see also related names Shell and Rachel.

Baby names that sound like Shelley are Shelle, Chelle and Shella.

Shelley is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Shelley. Click here to compare Shelley with related baby names.