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Shirley Moderate

Shirley has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Adverb
1

surely

"Shirley, don't you think it's time we left?"

Proper Noun
1

An English habitational surname

"The Shirley family has lived in that historic town since the name became their hereditary surname centuries ago."

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Origin

The name Shirley comes from an old English place name combining "shire," meaning county, with "-ley," a suffix for meadow. It originally referred to a meadow located within a specific county before becoming a common surname and given name in English.

Rhyming Words
ley cley oley fley sley gley isley kiley foley coley holey wiley ailey atley obley utley agley edley oxley riley
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