Selkirk (surname)

Selkirk
Origin
Language(s)	Scots
Meaning	"hall", "manor" + "church"
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Sailcirc; Shailcirc

Selkirk is a Scottish surname. The name is a habitational name, derived from Selkirk, located on the Scottish Borders. The place name is derived from the Middle English elements sale, sele, meaning "hall", "manor"; and kirk, meaning "church".^[1] The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Sailcirc (masculine),^[2] and Shailcirc (feminine).

List of people with the surname

Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway when he was marooned on an uninhabited island; he is supposed to be inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Andrew Selkirk (born ?), British archaeologist and magazine editor
Elisabeth Selkirk (born 1945), American theoretical linguist
George Selkirk (1908–1987), Canadian baseball player
J. B. Selkirk (James Brown Selkirk; 1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayist
Jamie Selkirk (born 1947), New Zealand film editor and producer
John Selkirk (1782–1843), British songwriter
Neil Selkirk (born 1947), British-born American photographer
Patricia Margaret Selkirk (born 1942), Australian plant biologist and ecologist
Rebecca Selkirk (born 1993), South African chess player
Russell Selkirk (1905–1993), American politician
Diane Selkirk (born 1967), Canadian journalist

References

^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Selkirk".
^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

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[1] "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Selkirk".

[2] Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

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