Shirley

Meanings

Proper Noun

• An English habitational surname
• A male given name from surnames.
• A female given name from surnames. Popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.
• Various places in England:
• Various places in the United States:
• suburb city, Christchurch New Zealand (country).

Adverb

• surely

Origin

• . More at shire, leigh.
• A pun on surely and the name Shirley; probably inspired by the 1980 comedy film Airplane!, which has the exchange: "Surely you can’t be serious." "I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley."