Meanings
plural Shealys · alternative Shiley
- A surname from Irish.
- A female given name transferred from the surname.
Flower girl was Shealy Long of Greenville.
2005 May 15, “[Weddings] Osborne-Whitman”, in Anderson Independent-Mail, volume 106, number 195, Anderson, S.C.: Independent Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6F, column 32 more examples
To Stacy Haskett, a girl, Shealy Marie Hoskett, born Feb. 21.
2010 March 7, “[Births] Binghamton”, in Press & Sun-Bulletin, final edition, Binghamton, N.Y.: Binghamton Press Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7A, column 1Yates married to Nicki Adams with three kids, Pat’s three grandchildren, twin girls Marion Adams (named after Pat) and Shealy Adams (12 years old), and grandson Hutchison “Hutch” Adams (9 years old).
2026 March 1, “Marion Patrick ‘Pat’ Adams”, in Panama City News Herald, Panama City, Fla.: USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10A, column 2
Origin
- IrishÓ Sealbhaig“descendant of Sealbhach”
- EnglishShealy
Reduced form of O'Shealy, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sealbhaig (“descendant of Sealbhach”), a byname from the adjective sealbhach (“wealthy”).
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Cite this entry
Shealy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shealy
“Shealy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shealy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shealy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shealy.
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