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Selig
OriginGerman
Meaning"blessed, happy in life"
About Selig
Selig comes from the Yiddish vocabulary word meaning 'happy, fortunate, blessed.' Most of us are more familiar with its Woody Allen variation, Zelig.
Pronounced SAY-lig.
As of October 2026, Selig ranked #3957 in US births in 1938 SSA, peaked at #2172 in 1925.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Selig on lists
Famous Seligs
- Selig Brodetsky
Russian,English mathematician
- Edward Selig Salomon
German,American U.S. Civil War general
- Selig Starr (born Zelig Starobinski)
Polish,American Talmudic scholar and rabbi
- Bud Selig
commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Kyle Selig
actor who plays Aaron Samuels in the "Mean Girls" musical
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