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The seeley Surname

seeley Name Meaning and History

  1. English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seely ‘happy’, ‘fortunate’ (Old English s?lig, from s?l ‘happiness’, ‘good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century.
  2. Altered form of German Seele, respelled to preserve the bisyllabic pronunciation of the German name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of seeley Families in the US in 1920
Number of seeley families
 251-499
 84-250		 1-83
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Threads: 317 - Messages: 681
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The Seely Family!!! Mary 36
Death in CA 1863- Capt. T.W. SEELEY danderup 0
Joseph Seeley, born in Connecticut about 1760-1770. WKSeely 8
Harry Seeley b abt 1895-1905 pjlaird01 0
George Seeley sheilayuill82 0
Susannah Seeley d/o Michael Seeley and Elshe Van Campen CHahn7386 7
Henry and Josiah Seeley, NJ 1774 JoanMcAllister51 2
Retta Mae Seeley Wolf Cupoangels 0
William W. Seeley cansing64 0
Death of Forest L. Seeley cansing64 0
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