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♀ Shelly (girl)
What does Shelly mean?
Shelly 
▼ as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Shelly) is a Hebrew and Old English name, and the name Shelly means "ewe, female sheep; little rock; rest; sloped meadow". Shelly is an alternate form of Rachel (Hebrew). Biblical: Jacob's wife. Shelly is also a variation of Rochelle (French, Old German). Shelly is also used as a derivative of Shelley (Old English).
STARTS WITH She-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, little, rock, meadow
Variations
VARIANTS Shellie▼, Shelli▼, Shellee, Schelley
RELATION VIA RACHEL, ROCHELLE, SHELLEY Shell
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Shelly Isabela (S.I.), ..
How popular is Shelly?
Shelly is a very popular first name for women (#294 out of 4276, Top 7%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#5848 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Shelly entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex position of #112 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Shelly rated in the Top 2000 are Rachel (#198 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Rochelle, Shelley, Shelli and Shellie. These forms of Shelly were popular with parents 4 decades ago (AVERAGE #638) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1699, ▼91%), with forms such as Shelly becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Shelly▼ is alike in pronunciation to Chella, Chelli, Shaela, Shaila▼, Shaili, Shalaya, Shalee, Shalia, Shayla▼, Sheela, Sheila▼, Sheilah, Sheilia, Sheilya, Shelia▼, Shella, Shiela, Shila, Shilea, Shilla, Shilo, Shula, Shyla, Shylo and Shyloh. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Chelcy, Chell, Chelle, Chelsy▼, Delly, Emelly, Joelly, Kelly▼, Melly, Nelly, Philly, Salley, Salli, Sally▼, Seelia, Seelie, Seely, Seila, Sela, Selby, Selia, Selie, Seula, Shanelly, Sharly, Shelbey, Shelbi▼, Shelby▼, Shellby, Shelle, Shelom, Sheray, Sherey, Sherli, Sherry▼, Shery, Shirly, Soulle, Stella, Stelle and Suelo. These names tend to be less frequently used than Shelly.
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