Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : From the farm on the ledge

Girl name variations

Sheldon

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : From the willow valley

Boy name variations

Seldon
Selden
Sellden

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Variant of English Sheldon.
  • Altered form of Dutch van de(r) Schelden, a topographic name for someone who lived by the Schelde river.

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