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Sheldon name meaning

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since 1880
Last Name
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in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Sheldon mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Sheldon

User Submitted Origins

English
73%
Jamaican
9%
Hebrew
9%
Egyptian
9%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from New Mexico, U.S. says the name Sheldon means "Ravine".
  2. According to a user from Pennsylvania, U.S., the name Sheldon means "CANYON".
  3. A submission from Kansas, U.S. says the name Sheldon means "Edge, cliff" and is of English origin.
  4. A submission from Florida, U.S. says the name Sheldon means "From the flat-topped valley with steepsided hills" and is of English origin.
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Wiktionary

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

  1. A habitational surname​ from the placename.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A village in Derbyshire, England famous for the legend of the Sheldon duck.
  4. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
  5. A village and town in Illinois.
  6. A city in Iowa.
  7. A city and town in Missouri.
  8. A town in New York.
  9. A city and town in North Dakota.
  10. A census-designated place in Texas.
  11. A town in Vermont.
  12. A town in Wisconsin.
  13. A village in Wisconsin.
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Notable Persons Named Sheldon

Notable Persons Named Sheldon

Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson is a founder, chairman, ceo of las vegas sands, las vegas sands, and ceo oflas vegas sands. Sheldon was given the name Sheldon Gary Adelson on August 4th, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Sheldon Lee Cooper

Sheldon Lee Cooper is a theoretical physics.

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Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein was a playwright, children's literature, and black comedy author, poet, songwriter, playwright, and cartoonist. Shel was given the name Sheldon Allan Silverstein on September 25th, 1930 in Chicago. He left this life on May 10th, 1999.

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Sheldon Souray

Sheldon Souray is an ice hockey player. His career lasted from 1995 to 2013. Sheldon was born on July 13th, 1976 in Elk Point, Alberta.

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Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse is a United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, 71st Attorney General of Rhode Island, and United States Attorneyfor theDistrict of Rhode Island. Sheldon was born on October 20th, 1955 in New York City.

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Sheldon Richardson

Sheldon Richardson is a football player for the New York Jets. Sheldon was born on November 29th, 1990 in St. Louis. Sheldon is also known as Sheldon "Pig" Richardson.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Sheldon

Notable Persons With the Last Name Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon was a crime fiction and thriller (genre) writer. His career lasted from 1969 to 2007. Sidney was given the name Sidney Schechtel on February 11th, 1917 in Chicago. He left this life on January 30th, 2007.

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Jack Sheldon

Jack Sheldon is a musician, actor, singer, and singing. Jack was born on November 30th, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Mac Lethal

Mac Lethal is a hip hop music rapping, record producer, songwriter, radio personality, and author. He has been prominent since 2001. Mac was given the name David McCleary Sheldon on July 25th, 1981. Mac is also known as Uncle Mac.

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Toby Sheldon

Toby was given the name Tobias Strebel in 1980. He died on August 21st, 2015.

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William Herbert Sheldon

William Herbert Sheldon was a psychologist, eugenicist, eugenics, and psychologistandeugenicist. William was born on November 19th, 1898 in Warwick, Rhode Island. He breathed his last breath on September 17th, 1977.

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Gene Sheldon

He was most active from 1934 to 1970. Gene was given the name Eugene Hume on February 1st, 1908 in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Gene is also known as Hume and Eugene. He left this life on May 1st, 1982.

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  • Alice B. Sheldon
    Writer
  • Gilbert Sheldon
    Christian Bishop
  • May French Sheldon
  • Edward Sheldon
    Writer
  • Roger Sheldon
  • Lionel Allen Sheldon
  • George L. Sheldon
    Office Holder
  • Meredith Sheldon
    Singer-songwriter
  • Gareth Sheldon
    Soccer Player
  • Mary Sheldon Barnes
    Educator
  • George Sheldon
  • John Sheldon
  • Lewis Sheldon
  • Henry D. Sheldon
    Professor of Education

Common last names for Sheldon

Common first names for Sheldon

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Sheldon U.S.
█  White 90.74% 64.26%
█  African American 1.84% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.87% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 1.60% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.37% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.58% 16.26%

Of Last Name Sheldon

People with the last name Sheldon are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Sheldon

  • What name lists does Sheldon rank for?
    #245 Last Name First Names
  • How Popular is the name Sheldon? Sheldon is the 1,248th most popular name of all time. As a last name Sheldon was the 1,855th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Sheldon have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 36,766 babies born with the first name Sheldon in the United States. That's more than enough people named Sheldon to occupy the country of Liechtenstein with an estimated population of 36,476 (as of December 31, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Sheldon? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1881 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Sheldon first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Sheldon is Tuesday, August 20th, 1872.
  • What year had the most people named Sheldon born? The highest recorded use of the first name Sheldon was in 1992 with a total of 608 babies.
  • Random Sheldon Factoid: According to the 1931 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Sheldon ranks 87th in popularity as a baby boy's name in New York. Imagine that, 177 babies in New York have the same name in 1931.
  • Weird things about the name Sheldon: The name spelled backwards is Nodlehs. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Nhldose. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Sheldon? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 19,339 people with the last name Sheldon.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Sheldon? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 7 of them will have Sheldon as their last name.
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