Shirli
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʃiɾli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shirli is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 33rd most common given name.
- CNChina≈1 in 437as Shirley(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 485as Shirley
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 590as Shirley
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shirli itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #260 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 560 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 437 (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,200,000 named Shirley, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est., as Shirley
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Shirley in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 3 more and Shïrlëy in EC Ecuador.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shirli counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈3,200,000 est. | ≈1 in 437 | — | Shirley | 80 |
| US United States | #114 | 360,153as Shirley | 1 in 924 | 359K | Shirley | 560 |
| GB United Kingdom | #124 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 590 | 32 | Shirley | 251 |
| PH Philippines | #199 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Shirley | 136 |
| IT Italy | #223 | ≈63,000 est. | ≈1 in 985 | 1 | Shirley | 59 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 29,001as Shirley | 1 in 583 | 29K | Shïrlëy | 42 |
| SG Singapore | #33 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 485 | — | Shirley | 120 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 8,232as Shirley | 1 in 619 | 8.2K | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Shirli is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of schyrly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Shirley Boothb. 1898USAmerican actress (1898–1992)
- Shirley Jacksonb. 1916USAmerican writer (1916-1965)
- Jean Hagenb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1923–1977)
- Shirley Templeb. 1928USAmerican actress and diplomat (1928–2014)
- Shirley Jonesb. 1934USAmerican singer and actress
- Shirley MacLaineb. 1934USAmerican actress
- Shirley Knightb. 1936USAmerican actress (1936-2020)
- Shirley Basseyb. 1937GBWelsh singer
- Shirley Eatonb. 1937GBBritish actress
- Shirley Hendersonb. 1965GBBritish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Shirli?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃiɾli/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Shirli a male or female name?
- Shirli is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Shirli have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 million people named Shirley in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Shirli?
- In the United States, the national register counted 360,153 people named Shirley in 2020, about 1 in 924 residents.
- How common is Shirli compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Shirli is the 33rd most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Shirli?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shirliThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shirli” — the 33rd most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.