Shirley

Meaning

Name

1. An English habitational surname
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname. Popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.
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23. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Adv

surely

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɜː(ɹ)li/

Etymology

English place name from Old English sċīr (“county”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to shire + -ley (“lea”). More at shire, leigh.

Sentences

Wolff attended Shirley House Preparatory School and Beaumont College in Windsor , England .