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Origin and Meaning of Sheldon

Gender

Masculine

Origin of Sheldon

Old English

Meaning of Sheldon

The name Sheldon comes from a surname, which is derived from a place name meaning "steep valley" in Old English.

Famous bearers

A bearer is Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932), an American physicist who won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.

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