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Name Sheldon

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From a Old English word for hill, dune

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About the name Sheldon in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Shelton Details

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About Sheldon, the group of names with the same origin as Sheldon

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name that derives from a place name
	the place name which occurs several times in England contains the element dun (hill, dune)
Words:	dun = the hill, the dune Old English
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	437:Sheldon USA 1994, 839:Shelton USA 1993

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Popularity lists that contain the name Sheldon

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades		1990-1999 458
USA yearly	Graph	2012 944, 2010 989, 2008 952, 2007 954, 2006 841, 2005 774, 2004 760, 2003 765, 2002 686, 2001 600, 2000 623, 1999 552, 1998 519, 1997 474, 1996 476, 1995 456, 1994 437, 1993 446