Sheldon

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Sheldon means "from the hill on the plain" or "steep-sided valley."
Pronunciation
SHEHL-dən
Sheldon is pronounced as SHEL-dən in English.
Popularity
Sheldon is a popular name in the United States, ranking at number 635 in popularity in 2021. However, it is not as widely used in other regions of the world.

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Sheldon Name meanings & History

Sheldon means "from the hill on the plain" or "steep-sided valley.". From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley with steep sides" in Old English. Sheldon is the name of several locations in England. Sheldon is used as both a first and last name. It is commonly used in the Western world but may not be as widely recognized in other parts of the world.

Zodiac Sign of Sheldon: Success Capricorn

Synonyms of Sheldon:

S: Success,Security,Status,Sex,Sensuality,Social Standing,Solidity

H: Heart's Desire,Hobnobbing,Hope,Hyper,Haggle

E: Enliven,Enlighten,Exaggerate,Entertain,Environment,Expressive

L: Languid,Liaison,Lazy,Legal,Lover,Lovely,Luscious

D: Doting,Demanding,Domestic,Dutiful,Daddy,Determined

O: Obsessive,Ostentatious,Obsolete,Organized,Obstinate

N: Nagging,Nice,Neurosis,Nutrition,Neat,Nervous,Nitpicking

Sheldon is:

  • a Class name
  • a Classic name
  • a Formal name
  • a Mature name
  • a Refined name
  • a Strange name
  • a Upper name
  • a Wholesome name

Famous People

Some famous individuals with the name Sheldon include Sheldon Adelson, an American businessman and philanthropist, Sheldon Cooper, a fictional character on the popular TV show The Big Bang Theory and Sheldon Whitehouse, an American politician.

2.) SHELDON (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname originating from several placenames, one of which had the original form Scelfdun, from the Old English elements scelf, scylf(e) (shelf, ledge, crag) and dun (a hill). (SHEL-DUN)


3.) Sheldon (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) farm on the ledge.

Other Forms: Sheldan, Shelden, Sheldin, Sheldun, Sheldyn


4.) Sheldon (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) quiet

Other Forms: Shel, Sheld, Shelden, Sheldin, Shell, Shelly


5.) Sheldon (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: Steep valley

Other Forms: Shelden, Sheldin


6.) Sheldon (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) farm on the ledge.

Other Forms: Sheldina, Sheldine, Sheldrina, Sheldyn, Shelton


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