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Selley “deck of a ship”
Selley is a surname from Old English.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Leans girls
33.3% boysBased on U.S. population records 66.7% girls
People named Selley in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin What it means Selley goes back to Old English sċylfe, meaning “deck of a ship.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
How it developed From Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”), built from English shelf + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Selley’s family of names In English usage, Selley is a diminutive of Michelle. In English usage, Selley as a surname has an alternative spelling in Sealey. In English usage, Selley is a diminutive of Michele.
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Selley Σέλλεϋ Michelle Michele Sealey Selly Oak Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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Nicknames & forms 4 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1 The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.