First names in Hebrew

First name Shirley: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

שירלי

Gematria value: 550

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Shirley is written שירלי

Meaning and origin

What does Shirley mean?

Meaning: "the bright clearing" (English place name)
Origin: English

Shirley is an English name, taken from a place name explained through Old English: scīr, "bright" or "shire", and lēah, "clearing". It was first a family name, then a boy's name, before becoming a girl's name through Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley (1849). The child star Shirley Temple made it famous worldwide in the 1930s.

Gematria

Shirley = 550

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. שירלי has 5 letters:

• שthe letter Shin300
• יthe letter Yod10
• רthe letter Resh200
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total550

The verse of the name

From the letter Shin to the letter Yod

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Shirley, from ש to י:

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי׃

“A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the mountains: from where will my help come?”

Psalms 121:1

The book of your first name

Shirley, in nine pages

• Shirley, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Shirley
• Shirley, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Shirley in three answers

How do you write Shirley in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Shirley is written שירלי.

What is the gematria value of Shirley?
Written שירלי, Shirley is worth 550: the letter Shin (300) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Shirley mean?
The bright clearing" (English place name) (origin: English). Shirley is an English name, taken from a place name explained through Old English: scīr, "bright" or "shire", and lēah, "clearing". It was first a family name, then a boy's name, before becoming a girl's name through Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley (1849). The child star Shirley Temple made it famous worldwide in the 1930s.