Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Pronounced Pron. SEL-den [key] Meaning & History Habitational name derived from Seldon in Hatherleigh, Devon, and possibly also Selden Farm in Patching, Sussex. The former likely derives from Old English sele "great hall, dwelling, house" (see saliz) and dun "hill, mountain".
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