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Sheldon

English
"steep-sided valley"
Clare Green
By Clare Green
Updated Wed Oct 15 2025

Sheldon Origin and Meaning

Variation of Shelley
# 944 in the US

Sheldon Rank in US Top 1000

Popularity of the name Sheldon

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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

The name 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,

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