Shirl
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning bright meadow; a form of Shirley.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Shirl by the numbers
Its American peak was 210 babies in 1964, making it a 1960s name.
Other names that come from Shirley
Like Shirl, each of these traces back to Shirley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shirl. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean light
Like Shirl, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Shirl, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shirl
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