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Hi there my name is Shaelyn, and I was told by some one else who named their child Shaelyn as well that it was Celtic and meant wood fairy or nymph. I love my name it isnt very often you hear of some one with the same name. Sorry i have no other information, my parents heard the name and loved it.

I believe "Shaelyn" is one of those recently invented names, possibly created from combining the elements of two different names, such as "Shay " and Lynn " (click on both blue names to find their meanings on this website).

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I, personally, would say that the name "Shaelyn" means "beautiful pool of water" or "beautiful waterfall", from "Shay " (taken from the Yiddish name of "Shaynah ", meaning "beautiful"), and also from "Lynn " (which means "lake" according to this website, but which also means "waterfall" in Gaelic, according to other reference sources).

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Of course, the name can mean other things, depending on which languages you view the combined elements of the name as having come from.

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-- Nanaea