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Help[Opinions] Ever hear of Shirley? (m)
in reply to a message by Lissa Hannah
In Charlotte Brontë's 1849 novel Shirley, the eponymous heroine is named Shirley because her parents had wanted a boy and had planned to name him Shirley. When they had a girl, she was named Shirley anyway. Back then, Shirley was considered to be very masculine, something like Connor is today.
Obviously missing the point, parents began calling their daughters Shirley after the novel was released, including Shirley Temple's mother and father.
Miranda
Obviously missing the point, parents began calling their daughters Shirley after the novel was released, including Shirley Temple's mother and father.
Miranda
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