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Shirley

How many syllables in Shirley?

  2 syllables

Divide Shirley into syllables:   Shir-ley
Stressed syllable in Shirley:   Shir-ley
How to pronounce Shirley:   shur-lee
How to say Shirley:

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What rhymes with Shirley

2 syllables
  • burley
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  • burly
  • early
  • hurley
  • pearly
  • whirley
3 syllables
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