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The author and illustrator of some of my favourite childhood books was Shirley Hughes. I loved the books so much that I am introducing them to my youngest niece (30 months) who now puts it as she wants big girl books. I was thinking how rarely I have heard the name Shirley and that both women I have known with this name would have been in their 60s, one early and one late. I would be very surprised to see it on a little girl but wonder if it may make a small comeback in the next generation as people potentially start naming their daughter after their grandmother or great grandmother. WDYT of Shirley and what middle names would you use?
Shirley Morwenna
Shirley Hannah
Shirley Ruth
Shirley Eliza
Shirley Olwen
Shirley Niamh
Shirley Emer
Shirley Claudine
Shirley Alison
Shirley Philippa
Shirley Meraud
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Shirley Morwenna
Shirley Hannah
Shirley Ruth
Shirley Eliza
Shirley Olwen
Shirley Niamh
Shirley Emer
Shirley Claudine
Shirley Alison
Shirley Philippa
Shirley Meraud
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Shirley is a little outdated in my opinion. I'm very sorry, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Shirley Ruth and Shirley Hannah are super cute for a vintage novel or film though!
Shirley Ruth and Shirley Hannah are super cute for a vintage novel or film though!
Shirley feels old fashioned to me. I have a Great Aunt Shirley for example, who is 91 now, so I think of grandparents and the Shirley Temple era when I hear the name.
It is pretty though. One of my friends named her daughter Shirley just a couple years ago, so she's like a 4 yo Shirley and it's starting to feel younger to me now. It's a very cutesy kind of name, I think, and one of the old fashioned ones I can see becoming popular again.
It is pretty though. One of my friends named her daughter Shirley just a couple years ago, so she's like a 4 yo Shirley and it's starting to feel younger to me now. It's a very cutesy kind of name, I think, and one of the old fashioned ones I can see becoming popular again.
Shirley was so enormously popular that there must be a bajillion grandma and great-grandma Shirleys out there - I wouldn't be surprised at all if it gets a little bit more popular via honouring. I was actually expecting it to have a teensy revival after one of the characters in The Haunting of Hill House series was called Shirley, but no dice. I think everyone got into Theodora and Eleanor instead.
There's something appealing about Shirley, and Shirl. It's very feminine in a distinctly vintage way, and I like that.
I like Shirley Claudine a lot from your combos. I think it definitely suits another dusted-off quirky vintage middle name.
I'll play with it a bit:
Shirley Priscilla
Shirley Olivia actually works well
Shirley Rose is very basic, but it's nice
Shirley Francine
Shirley Celeste
Shirley Clementine
Shirley Suzette
There's something appealing about Shirley, and Shirl. It's very feminine in a distinctly vintage way, and I like that.
I like Shirley Claudine a lot from your combos. I think it definitely suits another dusted-off quirky vintage middle name.
I'll play with it a bit:
Shirley Priscilla
Shirley Olivia actually works well
Shirley Rose is very basic, but it's nice
Shirley Francine
Shirley Celeste
Shirley Clementine
Shirley Suzette
Yeah, my friend named her 4 yo Shirley after a grandparent, so I think you're spot on! We'll start getting a new little generation of Shirleys, I'm sure.
I like Shirley very much, but I do agree with you about the age factor. We had a Latin teacher at high school, then in her early 30s we thought, whose name was Shirley, and ten years later when I was teaching, I had a pupil surprisingly named Shirley. But they were the last that I've encountered.
Thinking about that, it occurs to me that I also like Sheila, and it also seems to be pretty well extinct.
Shirley Margaret
Shirley Rosanne
Shirley Melissa
Shirley Alison
Shirley Theresa
Thinking about that, it occurs to me that I also like Sheila, and it also seems to be pretty well extinct.
Shirley Margaret
Shirley Rosanne
Shirley Melissa
Shirley Alison
Shirley Theresa
Ooh, Sheila! I knew a teenager with that name, so it feels fresher to me than other ‘grandma’ names. It’s quite pretty.
I think it has a reasonable chance of making at least a small comeback. It was ahead of its time when it first got popular, being a surname-turned-first-name, and it's got the stylish lee ending.
I know of one Shirley who isn't/wasn't an old lady. When our daughter was in elementary school, the school had a program where older kids, about middle school, would spend time with the younger ones, mainly reading to/with them. Valerie's "book buddy" was a girl named Shirley. Very nice girl. Her family was from Jamaica.
I know of one Shirley who isn't/wasn't an old lady. When our daughter was in elementary school, the school had a program where older kids, about middle school, would spend time with the younger ones, mainly reading to/with them. Valerie's "book buddy" was a girl named Shirley. Very nice girl. Her family was from Jamaica.
Shirley’s sweet! Perhaps the original fad name…? (Maybe Ethel’s an earlier example.)
I’d opt for Shirley Iris or Shirley Susanna.
I’d opt for Shirley Iris or Shirley Susanna.
I associate Shirley with Shirley Barber and Shirley Jackson. Two authors with widely differing vibes. So it’s both kind of gothic and enchanting.
It would be exciting to see on a child. I can definitely see it making a bit of a comeback.
Shirley Elizabeth
Shirley Odette
Shirley Angharad
Shirley Miranda
Shirley Isabel
Shirley Jean
It would be exciting to see on a child. I can definitely see it making a bit of a comeback.
Shirley Elizabeth
Shirley Odette
Shirley Angharad
Shirley Miranda
Shirley Isabel
Shirley Jean
Sorry, don't love the name, to old fashioned and sounds like surley to me.