Sellers
An English surname that usually began as a patronymic or plural form of Seller, meaning a dealer or trader.
The #814 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 7,251 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Sellers is generally understood as a surname formed from Seller, meaning a dealer, trader, or salesman. The root goes back to Old English sellan, "to give," through Middle English seller. The final -s is often the old genitive or plural ending, so the name can mean "son of Seller" or "the Seller family."
History
English surname lists from the 19th and early 20th centuries treat Sellers as a common variant of Seller. It is especially associated with occupational naming, though some writers also grouped similar forms with local or dialect surnames by analogy. In modern usage, Sellers is well established in Britain and the United States, and it also appears in some older regional records as Sellars.
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Fun fact
The surname also shows up in medieval and early modern records in pluralized forms, a common pattern in English family names.
From the historical record
“(Eng.) Seller, Dealer [M.E. seller; f. O.E. sellan, to give] SELLERS, genit., and pi., of Seller-. SELLEY (A.-Fr.-Lat, + Eng^ Bel. to Sell(e)y ; or Dweller at the Cell-Lea [M.E. O.Fr. selle, celle, a cell or hermitage ; Lat. cella + M.E. ley, O.E. ledh} Selly, Wore, was Selleg', Selley, in the 13th cent. There is a…”
— Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (2 vols in 1)