Sheldon

English

"steep-sided valley"

Sheldon Origin and Meaning

The name Sheldon is a boy's name of English origin meaning "steep-sided valley".

Like Marvin and Melvin, Sheldon has been perceived as about as far out as you can get, though there are very pretty towns in Devon and Derbyshire that inspired it. Sheldon Lee Cooper is the lead nerd character on the TV hit The Big Bang Theory, giving the name a brainy image. Nickname Shel (as in Shel Silverstein, author of Where the Sidewalk Ends) could, in the modern world of nature name love, be seen as beach evoking.

Sheldon Rank in US Top 1000

# 944 in the US

Sheldon Popularity

• 1244 Nameberry 2023
• 892 Unique 2020

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Famous People Named Sheldon

• Sheldon "Shel" Silverstein American poet and author of children's books
• Sheldon Harnick American lyricist
• Sheldon Leonard American TV producer
• Sheldon Sharik Souray Canadian ice hockey player
• Sheldon Whitehouse U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
• Sheldon Martinez Davis aka Natalac or Nat American rapper
• Sheldon Lee Glashow American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Sheldon Alan Richardson American NFL player
• Sheldon Gary Adelson American billionaire developer
• Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff American comic book artist
• Sheldon "Shelly" Silver American politician from New York

Sheldon in Pop Culture

• Sheldon Lee Cooper character on TV's "The Big Bang Theory" and on the prequel series "Young Sheldon"
• Sheldon Hawkes character on TV's "CSI: NY"
• Sheldon Mopes character in movie "Death to Smoochy"
• Sheldon J. Plankton character on TV's "SpongeBob SquarePants"
• Sheldon unhatched chick in comic and TV series "U.S. Acres;" twin of brother Booker,