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What Does The Name Shelby Mean?

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Shelby is a beautiful name that refers to a shelter where willows can grow free. This girl’s name originates in England and is more or less pronounced how it appears: Shel-bee, with the emphasis on the second syllable. There are plenty of other names which are quite similar that you might want to consider, and they include Bailey, Sydney, Paige and an incredibly popular first name for girls: Olivia.

This is a name that doesn’t seem to be as trendy as it once was for newborns. Whereas 2003 statistics show that this name was the 94th most popular name for young girls (placed 208th when boys names are included in the statistics), Shelby has slipped quietly down the charts to being 185th popular in the girls rankings, and the 400th most-used name for brand-new babies on the planet.  Now: This can really be seen as a good thing. Because fewer children are being named Shelby in today’s world, it definitely means that your young child will stand out from the crowd and be their own individual!

Shelby is a great girl’s name for any countries that speak English as a main language, and it’s certainly very cute, up in the ranks against Ellie, Emily and Maisie for being some of the most delightful names that you can pick. Nickelodeon has established the Parents Connect service which allows expectant mothers and other curious visitors to find out the meaning of potential names, while also scouring the ranks for information. The link can be found at: babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/
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Reading these comments it's sooo wierd. Because I can realte to sooo many of these people. My name is shelby lane, and I to as a little girl loved to climb trees. I was named after the movie steel magnolios. I have some nicknames the same too: Shellybelly...shelbster..she-bee and sooo muchhh more. I am a girl however my dad was going to even name my shelby even if I was a boy!!!.....lets just say I'm glad I turned put to be a girl. And I love my name:)
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I was named after the film too!! And people call me Shelbster as well😂 so hard to find people with the same name as me and so hard to find gifts with my name on :(x
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Shelby Kay answered
My name is shelby elizabeth kay. My name means willow. I'm going to name my daughter willow or my son will.
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Evelyn Vaz answered
The name Shelby is either a name given to a girl or a boy. It is usually pronounced as SHEL-bee. It draws down to Old Norse origin, and it literally means "willow; from the ledge estate". It is also considered to be an English surname that is usually given to either a girl and on some rare basis to a boy. The other variant forms of this name are Shelbea, Shelbee, Shelbeigh, Shelbey, Shelbi, Shelbie and Shellby.

It also refers to the name of a township that was set up by the act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature. This took place on the 12th April, 1827. This rural community covers a total area of 91.2 square kilometres, of which 89.8 square kilometres is of land and 1.4 square kilometres comprises of water.
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Is that what it really means? That's my name. My full name is Shelby Eileen Jarvis. I know that Eileen means to give life. The weird thing of it meaning that is that. My mom gave a kidney to my grandpa. She saved his life and that's her middle name. It's freaky.
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My name is shelby to. Before i knew what it ment i always loved willows. I used to draw and paint them a lot. I was origianlly named after the shelby cobra--the sports car. Whoo.
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My name is Shelby, and I have a daughter named Willow.

I didn't even think about it until now.
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The name shelby means willow, willow farm, ledge estate, or sheltered willows    :]
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Many girl babies in the 30s and 40s were named after the singer Shelby Jean Davis who sang on WJJD's Suppertime Frolic program. She was born December 4, 1926 in Louisville, KY.
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My name is Shelby. && I was named after the character "Shelby", off of the movie Steel Magnolia's.
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The name shelby means Where the Willows grow. My name is Shelby and I was named after the main character in steel magnolias, my mom loves that movie.
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It means a sexy girl with a beautiful name
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My name is Shelbie too! Nobody knows why my mom gave me that name but i love it! People like to call me shelbster and shelbo and my fav shelbs! I love my name! It means willow and i love willow trees they are sooo pretty! Just like me!!
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Shelbey Miller commented
I get called shelbow shelbster and shelbs too! I like just being called shelb though haha. I spel mine shelbey.. I was named after shelby off the movie steel magnolias.
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My names Shelby, and I was named after my dad's favorite car, a midnight blue 68 perfect looking, and in perfect condition it seemed GT 500
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My name is shelby alexis!! I don't think I was named after anything though!!!
All I want to say is all shelbys rule!!!!
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My name is shelby and apparently it means something about willows. I hve many nick names: Shelbottom, shelbo, shel, and shelsay
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My names shelby!!!!! Its a really great name Shelby Rae after my grandma.
Go all Shelby's! :))))
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Shelby marie reinard is my name and so far what I no is it means a sheltered town or ledged estate weird right?
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My name is Shelby.I was named after a car but I don't care.I love my name and I could be named after a great grandmother.But what I love about my name is that my mom and dad named me that.
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I love my name its Shelby Elizabeth but it was going to be Lynn but its not anyway I love it because it sounds pretty!:P
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Omg my names Shelby Elizabeth too!!!! I love my name so much I have so many nicknames too!, I get called shelb,shelbster,Shelbs,shel,sheeb. I love it!! My favorite one to be called is Shelbs tho :)
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Shelby Kay commented
Seriously? Me too. Even the lynn part! What state do u liv in cuz u culd be stealing my Life. Elizabeth is my middle name.
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My name is Ashton Shelby . And I was after after this famous photo company thing , and it's a good thing because I love photos and taking them . So my name fits me (:
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My name is shelby lynn and  was named after the girl julia roberts plays on still magnoilas
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My name is Shelby 2 my mom and dad named me from one of my mom fav movies Steel Magnolias. I love all of my nicknames like Shelbo , Shell -shell , Shelbster, and  Shebee . I just
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My name is shelby and I was named after a little boy who died in a tusame. It was going to be shelby chase but tat didn't fit me well or thats what my mom said and I was borne on the same day as the girl who played shelby in steel magnolios.
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It literally means willow from an old estate ledge my name is also shelby and I was curious so I looked it up and thats what I found.
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My name is Shelby and I was named after Carroll Shelby, but originally the name Shelby mean willows
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My name is shelby and when I was little I was OBSESSED with water and willow trees.
I wasnt named after anything, my parents just liked the sound of it.
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Shelby is the bestest!!!!!! I don't really know what it means but it is a sexy name!!!!!
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My name is Shelby and you spell it like S-H-E-L-B-Y to you know and I'm bored what should I do I'm 8
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I really don't know what it means but oh well all I know is that my dad named me after reba macentire son shelby lol && my middle name is after my granny && that makes my name shelby lynne
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Shelby Dunn answered
My name is Shelby Cameron and I know what Shelby means but does anyone know what cameron means? Btw- I was named after carol shelby, don't if you don't know who he is look it up.:)
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From what I hear, the name Shelby means 'From the town in the hollow.' It's English in origin. Though previously in use as a rare masculine name it is now a more popular name among females. However, the name Shelby is unisex. I like Shelby Marie for a girl and Shelby Michael for a boy :)
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My name is Shelby Lynne after an old rock star named Shelby Lynne too.I love my name and I think that I'm just really cool because my birthday is 9-9-99.also I have always loved trees mostly willows.The really weird thing is I was adopted so my name wasn't origanily Shelby,it was Claudia!
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My parents liked her name and my moms middle name is Lynn so they named me Shelby Lynn!!!
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I looked it up and it means to be from the town on the ledge...whatever that means...
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From the ledge estate or willow. A popular name frome the 1990s. A girl and boy name

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