Shelly
- proper noun
- /ˈʃɛli/
- And also, Shelly Robbie's wife had just arrived as well, so we knew he was coming.
- Shelly Cooper
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Watch on YouTubeThis is a mermaid I've named Shelly in the show.
- This is a mermaid I've named Shelly in the show.
- So when I hear something that says you can't do this, Shelly, I say, who's that?
- Linda and Shelly and Hal, Delrich, Scotty.
- I'm going to start introducing Shelly again.
- Leah Remini's position is it's simply inhumane for us not to be able to know that Shelly's OK.
- And also, Shelly Robbie's wife had just arrived as well, so we knew he was coming.
- And he said to me he was the first person who called early in the morning and said, Shelly, I think there are two kinds of men in the workplace.
- I sent out the invites and it was, you know, like shower for Shelly, Shelly.
- I think I, I, I am now not recalling it if, if Shelly, if you thought I was wrong.
- You guys look how cute and like The Who and Shelly were both swatched.
- But Shelly was interesting because she was a victim myself.
Examples
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Say hello to Shelly Rubin.
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Special thanks to Shelly for being here and helping us out.
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Yeah, and you think that Shelly looks like her?
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I gave this to Shelly once.
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Yeah, but Shelly made them see the error of their ways.
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MAY and her older sister Shelly would go to their aunt's house most days after school.
Academic text (2002) -
I want to do a quick toast to the bride and groom, Danny and Shelly.
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As they were leaving, Shelly opened the door of her apartment and waved frantically at them.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hi, this is Shelly Lipman and I'm from Windsor, CT.
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Special thanks to Shelly for being here and helping us out.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shelly is often a short, friendly form of Michelle or comes from the English last name Shelley, which originally came from words meaning 'shelf' or 'clearing'. So Shelly keeps a gentle, familiar feeling, which helps explain why it is used as a warm, female name.