Meaning and Origin of: Shelton

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Protected hill

Boy name variations

Sheldon
Sheldin

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly Nottinghamshire) : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, which are named from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.