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Shelby name meaning

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12k
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in 2010
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What does the name Shelby mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Shelby

User Submitted Origins

English
61%
American
10%
Hebrew
10%
German
7%
Celtic
2%
Irish
2%
Canadian
2%
French
2%
Greek
2%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Shelby means "From the Danish for Willow town/farm/house. Name of city in Yorkshire. Surname of British aristocratic family" and is of English origin.
  2. A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Shelby means "Farm of willow Trees".
  3. According to a user from Tennessee, U.S., the name Shelby means "Shelby is 'willow; from the ledge estate'. English surname used as a given name for girls and occasionally for boys. or estate on the ledge".
  4. 2 people from Kansas, U.S. agree the name Shelby means "Willow Tree".
  5. According to 2 people from the United States and Jamaica, the name Shelby is of English origin and means "Willow farm".
  6. According to 2 people from the United States and Canada, the name Shelby is of Irish origin and means "willow".
  7. According to a user from Missouri, U.S., the name Shelby means "Willow grove".
  8. A submission from Idaho, U.S. says the name Shelby means "A place where willows grow".
  9. A user from Texas, U.S. says the name Shelby is of English origin and means "Calm willow".
  10. A submission from California, U.S. says the name Shelby means "Wisdom tree" and is of German origin.
  11. 2 submissions from Canada and the United States agree the name Shelby means "Goddess" and is of American origin.
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From a medieval name, possibly meaning Old English "dweller of the willow place".

  1. A surname​.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A city, the county seat of Toole County, Montana, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States.
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Notable Persons Named Shelby

Notable Persons Named Shelby

Shelby Rogers

Shelby was born on October 13th, 1992 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, US.

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Shelby Young

Shelby Young is an actress, voice actress, and actor. Her ongoing career started in 2001. Shelby was born on April 8th, 1992 in Florida.

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Shelby Rabara

She has had major accomplishments since 2004. Shelby was given the name Shelby Ann Narito Rabara on October 5th, 1983 in Orange County, California, U.S.

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Shelby Foote

Shelby Foote was a novelist and historian. Shelby was given the name Shelby Dade Foote, Jr. on November 17th, 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. He left this life on June 27th, 2005.

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Sheb Wooley

Sheb Wooley was a country music and pop music musician. He was most active from 1955 to 1971. Sheb was given the name Shelby F. Wooley on April 10th, 1921 in Erick, Oklahoma, U.S. Sheb is also known as Ben Colder. He died on September 16th, 2003.

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Shelby Blackstock

Shelby was born on February 23rd, 1990.

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  • Shelby Lynne
    Musician
  • Shelby Chong
    Author
  • Shelby Corcoran
  • Shelby Miller
    Baseball Player
  • Shelby Harris
    Football Player
  • Shelby Lee Adams
  • Shelby Moore Cullom
    Governor of Illinois
  • Shelby Cinca
    Singer-songwriter
  • Shelby Earl
    Musician
  • Shelby Robertson
  • Shelby Tucker
  • Shelby Howard
    Nascar Driver
  • Buddy Jones
    Musician
  • Shelby Dressel
    Singer-songwriter

Notable Persons With the Last Name Shelby

Notable Persons With the Last Name Shelby

Carroll Shelby

Carroll Shelby is a formula one racer.

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Richard Shelby

Richard Shelby is a Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Chairman of theSenate Banking Committee, and Chairman of theSenate Intelligence Committee. Richard was born on May 6th, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Isaac Shelby

Isaac Shelby was a Governor of Kentucky. Isaac was born on December 11th, 1750 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He died on July 18th, 1826.

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Tommie Shelby

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Derrick Shelby

Derrick Shelby is a football player for the Miami Dolphins. His most notable accomplishments were from 2012 to present. Derrick was born on March 4th, 1989 in Houston.

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Charlotte Shelby

Charlotte Shelby was an actor. Charlotte was born on December 19th, 1877. She left this life on March 13th, 1957.

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Common last names for Shelby

Common first names for Shelby

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Shelby U.S.
█  White 58.22% 64.26%
█  African American 36.02% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.44% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.33% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.42% 16.26%

Of Last Name Shelby

People with the last name Shelby are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Shelby

  • What name lists does Shelby rank for?
    #3Fastest Rising Girl Names
    #44Girl Name of the 1990s
    #299 Last Name First Names
    #40Unisex Names
    #29Girl Names Unique to the South
  • How Popular is the name Shelby? Shelby is the 453rd most popular name of all time. As a last name Shelby was the 2,912th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Shelby have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 161,960 babies born with the first name Shelby in the United States. That's more than enough people named Shelby to occupy the territory of Guam (USA) with an estimated population of 159,358 (as of April 1, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Shelby? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
  • When was Shelby first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Shelby is Friday, August 12th, 1870.
  • What year had the most people named Shelby born? The highest recorded use of the first name Shelby was in 1991 with a total of 10,219 babies. That's a lot of babies named Shelby!
  • Random Shelby Factoid: According to the 1999 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Shelby ranks 49th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Michigan. Imagine that, 208 babies in Michigan have the same name in 1999.
  • Weird things about the name Shelby: The name spelled backwards is Yblehs. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Hselby. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Shelby? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 12,303 people with the last name Shelby.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Shelby? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 4 of them will have Shelby as their last name.
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