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Shelby

Shelby

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A personal name used as a first or last name
  • proper noun
  • /ˈʃɛlbi/
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  • My friend Shelby is an amazing musician.
  • Shelby Steele
  • Shelby Foote

Senators Alexander, Collins, Rubio, Shelby, Blunt, Cornyn and Romney.

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Examples

  • Shelby, Neesa, let's get a move on!

  • This is Mr. Shelby in room 21.

  • But Professor Shelby, I will do my best.

  • We met a women named Shelby there and Shelby is probably one of the biggest fans I have ever seen in my life.

  • For the first time in her life, Shelby saw this community as a whole.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • His name is Shelby Farner.

  • Her name's Shelby.

  • I'm Shelby.

  • One hand had curled around Shelby's finger, and Shelby's eyes grew tender with compassion at the sight.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Joleen went to the State Fair with Shelby Hays, not Emily Sutton or even Bobbie Miller.

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Surface Forms

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Etymology

Shelby began as an English family name from a place word built on shelf, meaning 'ledge' or 'shelf'. Over time people started using that family name as a first name, so Shelby is now both a surname and a given name.