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Comments and insights on the name Shirley

The name Shirley peaks as a girl's name in the 1930's. This would we attributed to the popularity of Shirley Temple at the time. When I was a kid in the Seventies, any Shirleys I knew would be somebody's mom.

Personal experiences with the name Shirley

My mother named my sister Shirley in 1959 because she had two relatives with that name and they were both beautiful. My Dad liked it a lot, too. But, it's out of time, most Shirley's are older. My sister is also beautiful, so she lived up to my parent's expectations, and Shirley loves her name. She also was always the only one in her class with that name, but everyone is familiar with it, and it never gets mispelled.

Nicknames for Shirley

I called my sister "Shiree" as a child, now it's more likely Shirl, although she doesn't like it.

Meanings and history of the name Shirley

the name Shirley was also used as a male name in the late 1800's and early 1900's in south particlarity Louisiana

If you name a boy Shirley, you better teach him how to fight!

Shirley is also a surname.

Famous real-life people named Shirley

Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to serve in Congress and the first woman to seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
Shirley Jones, American actress
Shirley Maclaine, American actress
Shirley Manson, Scottish musician
Shirley Temple, American actress
Shirley Booth, Actress from Hazel series in the fifties!

Shirley in song, story & screen

Anne Shirley, the protagonist of Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Also name of Anne and Gilbert’s son in Anne of Green Gables (Shirley Blythe)
Shirley Bennett, Character in NBC's "Community"