Details for the forename Shell

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Shell (female)


Variants:	Chelle (F) Shelley (F) Shelly (F)
Diminutive for:	Shelley (M)
Pet Name for:	Michelle (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English 1. A pet name for Michelle, a French and English feminine form of Michael, from Hebrew "one who is like God". 2. Also a shortened derivative of Shelley [q.v.], from the surname.