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Sheldon

/ˈʃɛldən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England, famous for the legend of the Sheldon duck (OS grid ref SK1768).
  3. A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1208).
  4. A village and township in Iroquois County, Illinois.
  5. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1584).
  6. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English from the placename.
  8. A place name:

Etymology / origin

From Old English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).

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