Shelmerdine

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England, perhaps from Old English sċīrman (“sheriff”) + denu (“valley”).

Proper noun

Shelmerdine (plural Shelmerdines)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shelmerdine is the 9491^st most common surname in England, belonging to 640 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shelmerdine”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.