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Shealy

Shealy proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Shealy (plural Shealys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
    • Flower girl was Shealy Long of Greenville.2005 May 15, “[Weddings] Osborne-Whitman”, in Anderson Independent-Mail, volume 106, number 195, Anderson, S.C.: Independent Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6F, column 3
    • To Stacy Haskett, a girl, Shealy Marie Hoskett, born Feb. 21.2010 March 7, “[Births] Binghamton”, in Press & Sun-Bulletin, final edition, Binghamton, N.Y.: Binghamton Press Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7A, column 1

Forms of Shealy

pluralShealys
alternative formShiley

Origin of Shealy

Reduced form of O'Shealy, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sealbhaig (“descendant of Sealbhach”), a byname from the adjective sealbhach (“wealthy”).

Questions about Shealy

What does Shealy mean?
Shealy means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Shealy?
Shealy is a proper noun.

Words near Shealy in the dictionary

  1. Shealey
  2. Shealeys
  3. shealing
  4. shealings
  5. sheals
  6. Shealy
  7. Shealys
  8. Shean
  9. Sheana
  10. sheanderthal
  11. sheanderthals

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