Seldén

surname · Latin script

Seldén is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: parish of Patching, Sussex, probably so called from OE s(e)alh willow (see Sale 2) + denu valley (see Dean i). Vars.: Seldon, Seldom. Seldes see Zeldes.

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

parish of Patching, Sussex, probably so called from OE s(e)alh willow (see Sale 2) + denu valley (see Dean i). Vars.: Seldon, Seldom. Seldes see Zeldes

Sources 4

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Seldén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Seldén is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
US United States—1.9K—
GB United Kingdom—149—
CH Switzerland—4—
CR Costa Rica—1—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Seldén is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia

    Also written Selden

  • Finnish name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland

    Also written Selden

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Seldén mean, and where does it come from?
parish of Patching, Sussex, probably so called from OE s(e)alh willow (see Sale 2) + denu valley (see Dean i). Vars.: Seldon, Seldom. Seldes see Zeldes Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
In which country does Seldén have the most bearers?
Seldén is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Seldén”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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