Name meaning & stats
Shelli
Shelli means “clearing on a bank”. 6,983 US babies since 1940, peak 1968.
What it means
“clearing on a bank”
Spelling of Shelly
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1968
6,983 US babies were named Shelli between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Shelli (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 25 Shellys spell it Shelli
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1968)