Shirley

I never really saw this as old-fashioned. I personally think it’s a timeless name.

I don't care if it's old fashioned, it's so cute! It makes me picture a little girl with curly hair and a fluffy dress and Shirley Temple floats, which I wouldn't call a bad association.

It seems like everyone has to say "surely you must be joking" when they hear this name. That would get tiresome!

I get that this is a very old-fashioned name that isn’t really used anymore, but I still like it a lot.

Shirley isn't that bad of a name. I see it more for a girl.

These days, I think Shirley is considered an old-fashioned name. I always thought it was a female name until I met a guy at the office who was named Shirley. I couldn't believe it--sort of like that song 'a boy named SUE'. Needless to say, he went by his middle name which I think was George. He would sign his name using his first initial and full middle name.

Shirley is such a delicate name, but I can’t imagine this on any males! Way too feminine! When I think of the name Shirley, I picture a little girl in a pink flowery bow and a pink girly dress who likes everything to do with feminism. Though in my book, Shirley would be unisex since it historically was, I like it for a girl but not a boy! But that doesn’t mean it would disregard the history of Shirley being masculine. I also wouldn’t be against males with this name. But I still think it’s more of a feminine name than a masculine.

I was reading this book about the history of Osterville, Massachusetts, and came across a boy with the first name of Shirley. Before then I never thought of the name as one for a boy. But now, I personally like it better for boys rather than girls. When I think of it as a girls name I think of an innocent girl, rather than a girl of this generation. Of course, no one would probably name their son Shirley in our generation, but I like this name much better for a boy rather than a girl. It's such a cool name for a boy in my opinion, hopefully it jumps back.

I love the name Shirley! Awesome name. :)

My name is Shirley, I've never liked my name because it is a name from a generation before me. Also, I feel that it is used in movies with a negative connotation (ex: Ralph and Shirley Mudd in "Annie"). Why is that? Maybe because it's old fashioned?

Grandma's name is Shirley :) Love her and her name! Drink Shirley Temple which is what it reminds me of, named after Shirley Temple Black who I believe doesn't even like the Shirley Temple drink, lol. A person I don't like with this name is Shirley Phelps Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church though.

The name Shirley was given to 176 baby girls born in the US in 2012. It's kind of cute for a baby, I think :)

Pretty name. It's a bit of a shame that it's not very common now.

I like this name, but I find it very badly dated. Still, at least it sounds more mature and feminine than some other -ley names, such as Hailey and Kayley.

This name is utterly unimaginable as a male name to me. I used to think this was sort of a cute name, but it sounds hopelessly old-fashioned and even grandmotherly to me despite being the name of Shirley Manson, the singer from Garbage. On the other hand, it sounds very child-like, and the -ey ending really does make names youthful, so this sounds like the name of a child in the 1950s or earlier. I don't really like the sound of this name anymore, as it sounds somewhat harsh with the long schwa sound. Besides, I don't really like Shirley Manson much.