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Definitions for Shirley
shirley
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Wiktionary
Shirleyadverb
surely
Shirleynoun
An English habitational surname
Shirleynoun
(rarely) transferred from the surname.
Shirleynoun
transferred from the surname. Popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Etymology: English place name form scir + leah.
Webster Dictionary
Shirleynoun
the bullfinch
Wikidata
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.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Shirley' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3614
Anagrams for Shirley »
relishy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shirley in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shirley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Shirley in a Sentence
From January 8 to the end it just kind of went up and down, there were days that we were really optimistic that Shirley Meek were going to get through, but Shirley Meek lungs kept failing more and more each day.
I wasn’t allowed to shoot in Westwood until Shirley left the studio.
My heart is broken. Shirley was like an angel on Earth. Her life mission was caring for others.
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'.
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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Translations for Shirley
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- شيرليArabic
- shirleyCzech
- shirleyDanish
- shirleyGerman
- shirleyGreek
- ŝirujoEsperanto
- ShirleySpanish
- شیرلیPersian
- ShirleyFinnish
- ShirleyFrench
- shirleyIrish
- ShirleyHungarian
- ՇիրլիArmenian
- shirleyIndonesian
- shirleyItalian
- שירליHebrew
- シャーリーJapanese
- 셜리Korean
- ShirleyLatin
- shirleyDutch
- shirleyNorwegian
- ShirleyPolish
- ShirleyPortuguese
- shirleyRomanian
- ШирлиRussian
- shirleySwedish
- ஷெர்லிTamil
- షిర్లీTelugu
- เชอร์ลี่ย์Thai
- shirleyTurkish
- ШирліUkrainian
- shirleyVietnamese
- shirleyYiddish
- 雪莉Chinese
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