Selwyn
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Silvanus. Also from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English given name Selewine, from sel "hall" + wine "friend". The places are named after bearers of the surname.
Proper noun
Selwyn
- A surname transferred from the given name
- A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname, in quiet use since the 19th century.
- Any of a number of places in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and US.
Translations
surname
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given name
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place name
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from given names
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Old English
- English male given names from Latin