Shelley Forename
4,877th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 214,429 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada
Shelley Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller on the] ledge.
Shelley Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 128,412 | 1:2,823 | 490 |
| Canada | 100% | 38,384 | 1:863 | 190 |
| England | 100% | 20,719 | 1:2,684 | 389 |
| Australia | - | 8,072 | 1:1,692 | 329 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,845 | 1:936 | 219 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,534 | 1:12,027 | 1,940 |
| Scotland | 97% | 1,010 | 1:5,297 | 497 |
| Wales | 99% | 894 | 1:3,461 | 494 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 850 | 1:19,885 | 1,917 |
| India | 100% | 837 | 1:1,451,467 | 84,194 |
| China | - | 808 | 1:1,690,663 | 40,688 |
| Philippines | 99% | 600 | 1:176,682 | 8,188 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Brazil | 100% | 326 | 1:657,166 | 19,692 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 210 | 1:6,483 | 1,070 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 185 | 1:83,372 | 6,343 |
| Thailand | 90% | 141 | 1:496,921 | 23,638 |
| Jamaica | - | 128 | 1:22,525 | 1,776 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 124 | 1:84,123 | 4,669 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 122 | 1:249,590 | 13,458 |
| Guyana | 100% | 108 | 1:7,067 | 1,174 |
| Peru | 98% | 107 | 1:297,116 | 6,549 |
| Ireland | 77% | 99 | 1:46,904 | 1,571 |
| Indonesia | - | 92 | 1:2,803,953 | 131,281 |
| Nigeria | 91% | 81 | 1:2,192,153 | 42,730 |
| Bahamas | - | 77 | 1:5,187 | 805 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Germany | 100% | 72 | 1:1,342,748 | 9,269 |
| Hong Kong | - | 72 | 1:107,677 | 2,856 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 69 | 1:26,712 | 1,050 |
| Japan | - | 67 | 1:1,910,240 | 19,334 |
| Barbados | - | 62 | 1:4,674 | 734 |
| Liberia | 100% | 61 | 1:72,329 | 3,439 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Singapore | 100% | 59 | 1:106,560 | 7,501 |
| Mexico | 100% | 58 | 1:2,140,421 | 12,376 |
| Bermuda | - | 49 | 1:1,323 | 299 |
| France | 100% | 46 | 1:1,445,007 | 9,676 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 42 | 1:565,945 | 29,765 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 41 | 1:174,439 | 11,761 |
| Belgium | 100% | 39 | 1:294,616 | 5,997 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 36 | 1:838,941 | 19,102 |
| Spain | 100% | 34 | 1:1,368,528 | 9,899 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Sweden | 89% | 25 | 1:394,316 | 10,934 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 24 | 1:342,229 | 6,382 |
| Belize | 100% | 22 | 1:16,105 | 2,014 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Guernsey | - | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Chile | 100% | 16 | 1:1,100,450 | 9,633 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 15 | 1:543,488 | 40,661 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Austria | 100% | 13 | 1:654,939 | 5,517 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Italy | 92% | 11 | 1:5,551,099 | 24,143 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Costa Rica | 86% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Afghanistan | 57% | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Finland | 67% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
Shelley (30,555) may also be a surname.
Shelley Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller on the] ledge.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Shelley Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 26,911 (2014)
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