Selkirk (surname)

Selkirk
Family name
Meaning	"hall", "manor" + "church"
Region of origin	Scotland
Language(s) of origin	English
Related names	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, a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island; he is supposed to be inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
George Selkirk, Major League Baseball player in the 1930's and 1940's for the New York Yankees
Jamie Selkirk, a New Zealand film editor and producer

References

^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?. 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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