Sellars: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

If your family name is Sellars, its origin lies with Sellers, a long-established English surname. Taken at its root, Sellars points to “Saddler, or dealer”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• About 6,232 people in the United States were recorded as Sellars in 2010, placing it 5,576 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames.
• Related forms: Sellar and Seller.
• Only a small detail separates the spellings: Sellars has “a” where Sellers has “e”.

Sellars coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Sellers surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Sellars surname pack.