Given name
Shellie
“from the bank's meadow”·“from the meadow's ledge”
Shellie 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
Shellie 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
Shellie 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 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Shellie 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
Shellie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,859
- 892 boys · 9,967 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 423 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 8% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 423 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,193 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.
Shellie’s family of names
Shellie has a related form in Shelley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shellie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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