 It has been spelled as Scirelli, Screlli, Strelli, Scrielli (1703) and Scarglieli (1614) in Latin.An older, unproven historically, etymology links it to Saint Charles ("Shën Kërli" in Albanian), who is hypothesized to have been the patron saint of an old church in the area.In reality, the name of the region was given to it by the kin community, which apart from Shkreli appears throughout northern Albania in the middle Ages.