Given name & surname
Salway
“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”·“war, battle”
Salway is a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Salway is a form of Selway. Selway is probably built from elements meaning “happiness, prosperity, opportunity” and “war, battle”.
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Where it comes from
Salway is a form of Selway. Selway probably comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Salway’s family of names
In English usage, Salway as a surname has a related form in SELWAY.
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