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Name Selby

Meaning:

willow settlement

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About the name Selby in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Male and female
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Selby, Kelby, Shelby, Shelby, Colby, Debby, Elly, Eloy, Kelly, Kelly Details

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About Selby/Selby, the group of names with the same origin as Selby

Meaning/translation:	willow settlement
Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin, male:	from a family name which derives from a place name with the meaning willow settlement
	in use as a male as well as a female name
Words:	selja = the willow (a tree) Old Norse
	byr = the village, the settlement Old Norse
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	35:Shelby USA 1996, 512:Shelby USA 1993, 554:Shelbi USA 1993, 647:Shelbie USA 1993
Name variants:	Selby, Shelbi, Shelbie, Shelby, Selby, Shelby Sortable list Details