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Shirlee

Rooted in Old English, Shirlee is a girl's name that means "Old English, shire meadow or bright meadow". It is essentially dormant now, with its last real run being the 1930s. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. The name's best year yet was 1935.

EtymologyVariant of Shirley
Old EnglishOld English – "shire meadow" or "bright meadow"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
103
1920s
1,511
1930s
1,685
1940s
1,049
1950s
786
1960s
332
1970s
105
1980s
82
1990s
41
2000s
15
2010s
0
Peaked in the 1930s · 5,709 total U.S. births since 1900