Shirley is a name of Celtic origin, probably toponymic as it means "bright, clear, sunny" referring to a meadow, to a grassland. That is why she was initially masculine and also a surname, but from the novel Shirley (Charlotte Bronte , 1849 ) where the protagonist had that name, she began to use it as a feminine.
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