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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.
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