Sherley
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- [ SHUR-lee ]
- English (Rare)
Variant of SHIRLEY.
 | SHIRLEY female & male English From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in Charlotte Brontë's semi-autobiographical novel 'Shirley' (1849). The child actress Shirley Temple (1928-2014) helped to popularize this name. | |||||||||||||||||||