as a Last Name
- 10,618
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shelby
Meaning & Origins
English: of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Selby, or a habitational name from an unidentified place named with the northern Middle English elements schēle ‘hut’ + by ‘settlement’, ‘farm’ (Old Norse býr).
| 2,928th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,618
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Shelby per capita
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