Selley

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Variant spelling of Sealey or a habitational surname from Selly Oak, which is from Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to shelf + -ley (“lea”).

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