Name: Shelby
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Shelby is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Shelby are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Shelby is: A place where willows grow, A sheltered town.
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Numerology of the first name Shelby: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Shelby is ranked on the 648th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 885300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.013% of the population. The name Shelby has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Shelby for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Shelby is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Carroll Shelby (1923–2012), automobile racer, designer and entrepreneur
- Charlotte Shelby (1877–1957), Broadway actress
- Don Shelby (born 1947), news anchor who popularized the Pratt-Shelby knot, a method for tying a necktie
- Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), first and fifth Governor of Kentucky
- Jane Shelby Richardson (born 1941), American biophysicist who developed protein ribbon diagrams
- Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
- John Shelby (born 1958), former Major League Baseball player
- Margaret Shelby (1900–1939), American stage and motion picture actress
- Michael T. Shelby (1958–2006), Houston lawyer
- Richard Shelby (born 1934), United States senator from Alabama
- Thomas Shelby (disambiguation)
- Tommy Shelby (disambiguation)
Given name:
- Shelby Moore Cullom (1829–1914), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and 17th Governor of Illinois
- Shelby Cullom Davis (1909–1994), American investment banker, philanthropist and United States Ambassador to Switzerland
- Shelby Davis, American money manager; son of Shelby Cullom Davis
- Shelby Foote (1916–2005), American historian and novelist
- Shelby Lynne (born 1968), American singer and songwriter
- Shelby Lyons (born 1981), American retired figure skater
- Shelby Metcalf (1930–2007), longtime head coach of the Texas A&M men's basketball team
- Shelby Singleton (1931–2009), American record producer and record label owner
- Shelby Steele (born 1946), American author, columnist, documentary film maker and academic
- Shelby Wilson (born 1937), American wrestler and 1960 Olympic gold medalist
Fictional characters:
- Shelby Corcoran, a recurring character in Glee
- Shelby Eatenton Latcherie, portrayed in the film Steel Magnolias by Julia Roberts
- Shelby (dog), Clark Kent's dog on the TV series Smallville
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