Updated June 9, 2019

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : From the farm on the ledge

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Shelden

Shelden

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Protected hill

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Sheldin

Sheldin

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Shelton

Shelton

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How Popular Is The Name Sheldon

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of the various places so called. The main source is probably the one in Derbyshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, formed by the addition of the Old English distinguishing term scylf ‘shelf’ to the place name Haddon (from Old English hǣð ‘heath(er)’ + dūn ‘hill’). There are also places called Sheldon in Devon (from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + denu ‘valley’) and Birmingham (from Old English scylf + dūn ‘hill’).