# Selway

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.

## Etymology
From the Middle English personal name Salewi, probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/selway