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Definition of Shelley
1. Noun. English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851).
Exact synonyms: Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
2. Noun. Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822).
Definition of Shelley
1. Proper noun. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Old English) ¹
3. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred use of the surname, mostly before 1930. ¹
4. Proper noun. (surnames female given name) used since the 1930s, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com