Selman

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English : nickname for a happy or fortunate man, from Middle English seely ‘happy’, ‘fortunate’ + man, German Mann ‘man’.
• English : from the Middle English female personal name Seely (see Seeley 1), or of the nickname Sele (see Seal 4) + man ‘servant’, hence an occupational name for a servant employed by a bearer of either of these names.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish personal name Zelman, a pet form of Zalmen (see Salmon).