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The girl's name Shirley \

is pronounced SURE-lee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "bright meadow". Place name. Made famous by child actress and American ambassador Shirley Temple-Black. Actress Shirley MacLaine; politician Shirley Chisholm; novelist Shirley Hazzard.

Shirley has 20 variant forms: Sherlee, Sherli, Sherlie, Sherrlie, Sheryl, Shirell, Shirelle, Shirely, Shirl, Shirlea, Shirlee, Shirleen, Shirleigh, Shirlene, Shirlinda, Shirline, Shirlley, Shirly, Shirlyn and Shurlee.

For more information, see also the related name Shelley.

Baby names that sound like Shirley are Sharly and Sharlee.

Shirley is a very common first name for women (#27 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1016 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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