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Shirley Shannon

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Ranking in Maine

NameRank
Shirley 89
Shannon 1,384
Shirley Shannon 86,713
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  1. is 85th most common Joyce
  2. is 86th most common Chris
  3. is 87th most common Laura
  4. is 88th most common Catherine
  5. is 89th most common Shirley
  6. is 90th most common Anthony
  7. is 91st most common Alan
  8. is 92nd most common Tammy
  9. is 93rd most common Gregory
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  1. is 1,380th most common Hand
  2. is 1,381st most common Mansfield
  3. is 1,382nd most common Marcoux
  4. is 1,383rd most common Richmond
  5. is 1,384th most common Shannon
  6. is 1,385th most common Watt
  7. is 1,386th most common Arey
  8. is 1,387th most common Carleton
  9. is 1,388th most common Demmons
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  1. is 86,709th most common Shirley Sanders
  2. is 86,710th most common Shirley Saunders
  3. is 86,711th most common Shirley Sawyer
  4. is 86,712th most common Shirley Seekins
  5. is 86,713th most common Shirley Shannon
  6. is 86,714th most common Shirley Simpson
  7. is 86,715th most common Shirley Sirois
  8. is 86,716th most common Shirley Spaulding
  9. is 86,717th most common Shirley Stcyr

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Meaning & History

(female), formerly (male) Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the various places (in the West Midlands, Derbyshire, Hampshire, and Surrey) named in Old English from scīr ‘county, shire’ or scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. It was given by Charlotte Brontë to the heroine of her novel Shirley (1849). According to the novel, her parents had selected the name in prospect of a male child and used it regardless. Shirley had earlier been used as a boy's name (Charlotte Brontë refers to it as a ‘masculine cognomen’), but this literary influence fixed it firmly as a girl's name. It was strongly reinforced during the 1930s and 40s by the popularity of the child film star Shirley Temple (b. 1928).

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Similar Names and Nicknames

Shirlee, Shirl, Shirly, Shirlie, Shirle, Shirla, Shirely, Shirelle, Shirell, Shirrell, Shanks, Shank, Shane, Shanahan, Seaman, Shaner, Shanklin, Shuman, Shanley, Shankle
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