Explore the Family Name Sellick

The meaning of Sellick

English: habitational name from Sellake in Halberton or Sellick in Clawton (both Devon), and occasionally also from Sellack (Herefordshire), recorded as Lann Suluc in a 12th century copy of a document from the late 9th century. Sellake in Halberton probably derives from Old English sǣge ‘swampy, slow moving’ + lacu ‘stream’; the origin of the other Devon placename cannot be certain due to a lack of medieval forms, but it appears to also have Old English lacu as a final element. The Herefordshire placename means ‘Suluc’s church’, from the Christian saint’s name Suluc (a pet form of Suliau or Tysilio) with Welsh llan ‘church’.

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