as a Last Name
- 11,992
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Seeley
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seely ‘happy’, ‘fortunate’ (Old English sǣlig, from sǣl ‘happiness’, ‘good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century.
| 3,028th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,992
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Seeley per capita
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