Meaning and Origin of: Shelby

The name Shelby is English for Sheltered town

Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : Sheltered town

Girl name variations

Shelbi

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : From a village of mansions
  • English : Village on the ledge; ledge estate

Boy name variations

Selby
Selbey
Shelbey
Shelbie
Shel
Shelbee
Shelbe
Shelbi

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Selby, or a habitational name from an unidentified place named with the northern Middle English elements schēle ‘hut’ + by ‘settlement’, ‘farm’ (Old Norse býr).