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Selley

Selley proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Selley (plural Selleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Selley

pluralSelleys

Origin of Selley

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”).

Questions about Selley

What does Selley mean?
Selley means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Selley?
Selley is a proper noun.

Words near Selley in the dictionary

  1. selles
  2. Selles-sur-Cher
  3. Selles-sur-Chers
  4. sellest
  5. selleth
  6. Selley
  7. Selleys
  8. Sellgren
  9. Sellgrens
  10. Sellick
  11. Sellick manoeuvre

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