Meaning & origin
What it means
Selwood goes back to Old English sealh, meaning “willow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Selwood’s family of names
In English usage, Selwood as a surname has a related form in SELLWOOD.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Selwood, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Selway
“happiness, prosperity, opportunity” · “war, battle”
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Selley
“deck of a ship”
33% boys · 67% girls
Fulwood
“dirty, foul”
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Settle
“sitting, residence”
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Shelford
“shallow” · “ford”
>99% boys
Wedgwood
“wych elm”
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Seaford
“sea”
44% boys · 56% girls
Hopwood
“valley among hills”
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