Shelton

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Shelton

/ˈʃɛltən/

Where it comes from

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.

proper noun

A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A village in Dean and Shelton parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0368).
A small village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2291).
A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7844).
A western suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4613).
A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8746).
A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
A village in Buffalo County and Hall County, Nebraska.
A city, the county seat of Mason County, Washington.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shelor, shelby, shelato, shellenbarger, shelden, sheley, shilton, shelnutt, shelvin, shelburne, shelvey, shontell, sharon, shellenberger, shetler, shelly

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"Shelton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shelton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{shelton_2026,
  title = {Shelton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shelton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}