Shelley
[ˈʃɛli]Meaning
from an English surname derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank"
Background Story
Shelley comes from an English surname, which was itself derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English. Two famous bearers of the surname were the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. As a feminine given name, it came into general use after the 1940s.
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