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Wiktionary

  1. Shirleyadverb

    surely

  2. Shirleynoun

    An English habitational surname

  3. Shirleynoun

    (rarely) transferred from the surname.

  4. Shirleynoun

    transferred from the surname. Popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.

  5. Etymology: English place name form scir + leah.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shirleynoun

    the bullfinch

Wikidata

  1. Shirley

    Shirley is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,211 at the 2010 census. The town has a well preserved historic New England town center and is home to two state prisons, including the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center. The remains of a Shaker village are located on the prison grounds.

Suggested Resources

  1. shirley

    Song lyrics by shirley -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by shirley on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SHIRLEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shirley is ranked #1292 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Shirley surname appeared 27,224 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 9 would have the surname Shirley.

    82.6% or 22,495 total occurrences were White.
    9.1% or 2,477 total occurrences were Black.
    3.3% or 907 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2.2% or 607 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 566 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 169 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Shirley' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3614

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shirley in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shirley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Shirley in a Sentence

  1. Dave Clark:

    When we first met he said, 'But how can I do this song?' and I said to him, 'I want a cross between Edith Piaf, Jennifer Holliday and Shirley Bassey'.

  2. Oscar Wilde:

    The true craftsman has a light in his eye that Money can't buy Hal Stebbins I read this once when I was Writing a children's story; a time when inspiration had struck...At that time I knew just what he meant...It was so true. Shirley Briggs

  3. Sabrina Owens:

    We knew we wanted to have certain gospel artists like The Williams Brothers and Pastor Shirley Caesar, and there were other people who called us wanting to participate.

  4. Katharine Hepburn:

    Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high- class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

  5. Katharine Hepburn:

    Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

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