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This is probably a variation of Salvin and Selwin, which are English surnames which have three different possible origins, according to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames. First, they can be frome the Latin name Silvanus, which is based on the Latin word silva, which meant "woodland"; second, it can be from the Old French word salvagin, meaning "wild, savage"; or third, from an Old English given name, Selewine, composed of syllables meaning "hall" and "friend".