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Wiktionary

  1. Shellynoun

    transferred from the surname, mostly of persons born before 1930.

  2. Shellynoun

    used since 1930s, variant of Shelley.

  3. shellyadjective

    Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

  4. shellyadjective

    Resembling, or comprising, the shell of a mollusc

  5. shellyadjective

    Abounding with shells.

  6. Shellynoun

    A surname, variant of Shelley.

  7. Shellynoun

    A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly pre-1930 usage.

  8. Shellynoun

    A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, variant of Shelley.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shellyadjective

    Etymology: from shell.

    The ocean rolling, and the shelly shore,
    Beautiful objects, shall delight no more. Matthew Prior.

    The conceit of Anaximander was, that the first men and all animals were bred in some warm moisture, inclosed in crustaceous skins, as lobsters; and so continued ’till their shelly prisons, growing dry and breaking, made way for them. Richard Bentley.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shellyadjective

    abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell

Wikidata

  1. Shelly

    Shelly is a city in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 191 at the 2010 census.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SHELLY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shelly is ranked #6598 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Shelly surname appeared 5,134 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Shelly.

    79.3% or 4,072 total occurrences were White.
    13.8% or 710 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 143 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 85 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.6% or 82 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 42 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shelly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shelly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of shelly in a Sentence

  1. Mary Burgoon:

    Wouldn't you if that was the only way you could get out of there ? i do not believe that Shelly Harmon did it.

  2. Victor Dartt:

    Shelly Harmon was the only one that I could keep corroborating.

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