as a Last Name
- 25,028
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shirley
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and the West Midlands, all so called from Old English scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
| 1,200th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 25,028
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Shirley per capita
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