Given name
Shelli
“from the bank's meadow”·“from the meadow's ledge”
Shelli is a variant of Shelley. Interpretations include “from the bank's meadow” (English) and “from the meadow's ledge” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shelli is a variant of Shelley. Interpretations include “from the bank's meadow” (English) and “from the meadow's ledge” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shelli is a variant of Shelley. An origin associated with Shelley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Shelli is a variant of Shelley. The history of Shelley gives this family its wider story. Shelley’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Shelli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,983
- 0 boys · 6,983 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 396 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 396 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,050 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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