Selbie Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Ancestors listed as Selbie are often found as Selby a generation earlier. Read literally, Selbie points to “Willow farm”.

Selbie coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Selbie, so the heraldry linked to Selby is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Selbie and Selby

Spelled with “ie” instead of “y”, Selbie shows how the same name was heard and written differently. The same family of names includes Selbee and Shelby.

Get the complete Selbie report, with a museum-style coat of arms.