Shelby (given name)
Shelby is a given name, a transferred use of the northern English surname. Its meaning is uncertain. It has been in use as a given name, mainly in North America, since the 1700s. Initial usage for boys was probably influenced by Isaac Shelby, a United States Revolutionary War commander and later governor of Kentucky. Usage for girls has been influenced by its use for the character Shelby Barret Wyatt in the 1935 film The Woman in Red and the character Shelby Eatonten-Latcherie in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias.
People
Men
- Shelby Lee Adams, American photographer
- Shelby Blackstock, American racing driver
- Shelby Brewer, American nuclear engineer
- Shelby Bryan, American technology executive
- Shelby Coffey III, American journalist and business executive
- Shelby Moore Cullom, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and 17th Governor of Illinois
- Shelby Cullom Davis, American investment banker, philanthropist and United States Ambassador to Switzerland
- Shelby Davis, American money manager; son of Shelby Cullom Davis
- Shelby Foote, American historian and novelist
- Shelby Gaines, American musician and visual artist
- Shelby Harris, American football player
- Shelby Millard Harrison, American social scientist
- Shelby Highsmith, American federal judge
- Shelby Howard, American racing driver
- Shelby D. Hunt, American business theorist
- Shelby Jacobs, American engineer
- Shelby James, American sport cyclist
- Shelby Jordan, American football player
- Shelby Kutty, Indian-born American cardiologist
- Shelby A. Laxson, American politician
- Shelby Linville, American basketball player
- Shelby Metcalf, American basketball coach
- Shelby Miller, American baseball pitcher
- Shelby Singleton, American record producer and record label owner
- Shelby Steele, American author, columnist, documentary film maker and academic
- Shelby G. Tilford, American scientist
- Shelby Tucker, American lawyer and journalist
- Shelby Westbrook, American aviator and Tuskegee Airman
- Shelby Whitfield, American sportscaster
- Shelby Wilson, American wrestler and 1960 Olympic gold medalist
Women
- Shelby Babcock, American softball player
- Shelby Bach, American children's writer
- Shelby Chong, American comedian, actress, and producer
- Shelby Ivey Christie, American fashion and costume historian
- Shelby Dressel, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Earl, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Fero, American comedian and screenwriter
- Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Grant, American actress born Brenda Thompson
- Shelby Hearon, American writer
- Shelby Hogan, American soccer goalkeeper
- Shelby Holliday, American television journalist
- Shelby Houlihan, American runner
- Shelby Hughes, American artist and designer
- Shelby Johnson, known as Shelby J., American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Kisiel, American rhythmic gymnast
- Shelby F. Lewis, American political scientist and scholar
- Shelby Lindley, American voice actress
- Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter
- Shelby Lyons, American retired figure skater
- Shelby Pierson, American intelligence official
- Shelby Rabara, American actress and dancer
- Shelby Rogers, American tennis player
- Shelby Sherritt, Australian ceramicist
- Shelby Starner, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Shelby Tracy Tom, Canadian female murder victim
- Shelby Walker, American boxer
- Shelby Young, American actress. • shelby lynn Harrington english actress