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Name Shelby

Meaning:willow settlementTools:

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About the name Shelby in particular

Gender:male
Languages of use:English
Topics:Male and female
US 2021 rank:not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:Shelby, Selby, Selby, Shelbi, Shelly, Ashely, Kelby, Shelbie, Shelia, Shelley     Details
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About Selby/Selby, the group of names with the same origin as Shelby

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
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Popularity lists that contain the name Shelby

SeriesGraphRankings
USA decades 1990-1999 552
USA yearlyGraph1999 882,  1998 878,  1997 750,  1996 589,  1995 555,  1994 536,  1993 512