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Name Shelby

Meaning:willow settlementTools:

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About the name Shelby in particular

Gender:female
Languages of use:English
Topics:Male and female
US 2021 rank:#547     ... 546:Mallory, 547:Opal, 548:Shelby, 549:Clementine, 550:Remy ...     Full US 2021 list
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
Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Shelby

SeriesGraphRankings
USA decadesGraph2000-2009 106,  1990-1999 391980-1989 310
USA yearlyGraph2022 593,  2021 547,  2020 502,  2019 494,  2018 426,  2017 371,  2016 339,  2015 299,  2014 294,  2013 259,  2012 217,  2011 218,  2010 185,  2009 167,  2008 158,  2007 149,  2006 133,  2005 117,  2004 112,  2003 94,  2002 75,  2001 68,  2000 70,  1999 62,  1998 49,  1997 43,  1996 351995 38,  1994 40,  1993 36