Shelley
Encyclopedia
Meaning
In many baby name books, Shelley is listed as meaning "From the meadow on the ledge" or "clearing on a bank". It is Old English in origin. As with many other names (Ashley, Courtney, etc.), Shelley is today a name given almost exclusively to girls after historically being male. Shelley is also a transferred surname used by those in Essex, Suffolk and Yorkshire, particularly in settlements where a wood/clearing was beside a ledge or hillside.Surname
- Alexander ShelleyAlexander ShelleyAlexander Shelley is an English conductor.-Biography:Alexander Shelley is an English conductor and cellist born in 1979 into a family of musicians and is chief conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra...
, a British conductor - Alex ShelleyAlex ShelleyPatrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...
, stage name of professional wrestler Patrick Martin - Barbara ShelleyBarbara ShelleyBarbara Shelley is an English film and television actress.She is now retired, but was at her busiest in the late 1950s and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon , Dracula, Prince of Darkness , Rasputin, the Mad Monk , andQuatermass and the Pit among her...
, British actress - George Ernest ShelleyGeorge Ernest ShelleyCaptain George Ernest Shelley was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley....
, an ornithologist - Harry Rowe ShelleyHarry Rowe ShelleyHarry Rowe Shelley was an American composer, organist , and professor of music. He was born in New Haven, Conn. Shelley studied with Gustav J...
, an American composer - Howard ShelleyHoward ShelleyHoward Gordon Shelley OBE is a British pianist and conductor. He was educated at Highgate School and the Royal College of Music...
, a British pianist - John ShelleyJohn ShelleyJohn Francis "Jack" Shelley was a U.S. politician. He served as the 35th mayor of San Francisco, from 1964 to 1968, the first Democrat elected to the office in 50 years, and the first in an unbroken line of Democratic mayors that lasts to the present .Shelley earned a law degree from the...
, U.S. politician - Joshua ShelleyJoshua ShelleyJoshua Shelley was one of the actors blacklisted by movie studios as a result of the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigation of the Communist Party in Hollywood in 1952. He did not begin to again work regularly in Hollywood until 1973 when his career restarted.-External links:...
, American actor - Mary ShelleyMary ShelleyMary Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley...
, English novelist famous for writing Frankenstein and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Norman ShelleyNorman ShelleyNorman Shelley was an English actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's Children's Hour. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers....
, English actor - Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron...
, English poet and husband of Mary Shelley - Pete ShelleyPete ShelleyPete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...
, the lead singer and songwriter for the Buzzcocks - Rex ShelleyRex ShelleyRex Anthony Shelley was a Eurasian Singaporean author. A graduate of the University of Malaya in Singapore and Cambridge trained in engineering and economics, Shelley managed his own business and also worked as member of the Public Service Commission for over 30 years...
, Singaporean author - Richard ShelleyRichard ShelleyRichard Shelley was an English recusant who presented to Elizabeth I of England, or her Parliament, a petition drawn up to request greater religious tolerance for Roman Catholics...
, English Catholic under Elizabeth I - Steve ShelleySteve ShelleySteven Jay Shelley is an American drummer, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Sonic Youth.-Biography:...
, drummer of Sonic Youth
Given name
- Shelley Knock, Australian author
- Shelley DuncanShelley DuncanDavid Shelley Duncan is a Major League Baseball first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Cleveland Indians.-Personal:Duncan is the oldest son of Dave Duncan, a MLB catcher and pitching coach...
, Yankees player - Shelley DuvallShelley DuvallShelley Alexis Duvall is an American film and television actress best known for her roles in The Shining, Popeye, Thieves Like Us and 3 Women....
, American actress - Shelley JensenShelley JensenShelley Jensen is an American television director and producer.He has directed episodes for a number notable television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, Amen, What I Like About You, The Drew Carey Show, Webster, The Suite Life on Deck, Sonny with a Chance, I'm in the Band,...
, American television director and producer - Shelley LongShelley LongShelley Lee Long is an American actress best known for her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom Cheers, for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress...
, American actress - Shelley MalilShelley MalilOn August 11, 2008, Malil was arrested for attempted murder after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Kendra Beebe, 20 times the previous night in San Marcos, California. Beebe, a mother of two, resides in Carlsbad, California...
, Indian American actor - Shelley RudmanShelley RudmanShelley Rudman is a British Olympic athlete. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in skeleton; the only medal for Great Britain at the games...
, British athlete - Shelley SandieShelley SandieShelley Ann Gorman-Sandie is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Canberra Capitals. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
, Australian basketball player - Shelley WintersShelley WintersShelley Winters was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006...
, American actress
Fictional name
- Shelley Marsh, a secondary character on the Comedy Central show South Park
- Shelley UnwinShelley UnwinShelley Victoria Unwin is a fictional character who appeared in ITV's British soap opera Coronation Street. She is the daughter of Bev Unwin and the late Charlie Unwin...
, a character in the British TV series Coronation Street - Shelley Winters, a main character in the popular webcomic Scary Go RoundScary Go RoundScary Go Round was a webcomic set in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Tackleford, England, and written by John Allison. Scary Go Round was named one of the best webcomics of 2004 by The Webcomics Examiner. The Sunday Times describes it as "postmodern Brit horror" that is "subtle and stylishly...
- Shelley (tortoise), a tortoise on Blue Peter
Places
- Shelley, IdahoShelley, IdahoShelley is a city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,813 at the 2000 census. The mascot for the city's high school is "King Russet", a russet-burbank potato that wears a crown, robe and scepter....
, a town in the Snake River Plain - Shelley, West YorkshireShelley, West YorkshireShelley is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Holmfirth and 6 miles south east of Huddersfield. It sometimes appears as Shelley Woodhouse and has a population of 3,059 . It is part of the Kirkburton ward of the local council. Road transport links are...
, a village in West Yorkshire, England- Shelley railway stationShelley railway stationShelley railway station forms the western terminus of the Kirklees Light Railway. It was previously a station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway that served the village of Shelley, West Yorkshire. England.- References :...
- Shelley railway station
- Shelley, EssexShelley, EssexShelley is a small urban settlement in the Epping Forest District, in the English county of Essex.It is located on the B184 road, and is contiguous with the small town of Chipping Ongar....
a hamlet in Essex - Shelley railway station, VictoriaShelley railway station, VictoriaShelley is a closed station located in the town of Shelley, on the Cudgewa railway line in Victoria, Australia. Today there is nothing left of the station. The station was the highest station in Victoria at 781 metres ....
, Australia
Entertainment
- Shelley (band), Pop band, released single on Sarah Records in 1995
- Shelley (TV series)Shelley (TV series)Shelley is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992, with occasional hiatuses. Hywel Bennett starred as James Shelley, a sardonic, 28-year-old, anti-establishment postgraduate and career income tax dodger...
, a British sitcom that first aired in 1979
Other
- The Rule in Shelley's CaseRule in Shelley's CaseThe Rule in Shelley's Case is a rule of law that may apply to certain future interests in real property and trusts created in common law jurisdictions...
, a principle of the common law relating to property - Shelley Pottery, a china and pottery manufacturer operating in Staffordshire between 1925 and 1966, a coaster