Selby Family History
Selby Name Meaning
English (Nottinghamshire) and Scottish: habitational name from Selby (Yorkshire). The placename may derive from Old English sele ‘willow copse’ sometimes alternating with salh ‘willow’ + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead village’. Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022