Selle

Girl name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English : variant of Sell 1.
• German : from Middle High German, Middle Low German selle ‘friend’, ‘companion’.
• French : habitational name from any of the various places called Selle, Selles, or La Selle, named with Latin cella ‘cell’, ‘cot’, ‘hut’, ‘stall’.
• Dutch (Van Selle) : habitational name for someone from Zelle in Herenthout, Antwerp.
• A Selle (or De Selle) from the Burgundy region of France was documented in Montreal in 1729.