Shelley

plural Shelleys · alternative Shelly

1. countableuncountablePercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
4. countablerareuncountableA diminutive of the male given name Sheldon.

   Shelley Berman

5. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.

   Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, was juggling visits across her state and preparations to tee up a potential infrastructure deal when she learned that the top Senate Republican had described himself as “100 percent focused” on stopping President Biden’s agenda.

   2021 May 12, Emily Cochrane, “In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2021

6. countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Rochelle.

   Shelley Berkley

7. A number of places:
   1. countableuncountableA village in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5404).
   2. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0338).
   3. countableuncountableA village in Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2011).
   4. countableuncountableA city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
   5. countableuncountableA community north-east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
   6. countableuncountableA locality and former town in the Shire of Towong, north-east Victoria, Australia.
   7. countableuncountableA suburb of Perth in the City of Canning, Western Australia.