The shield Surname
shield Name Meaning and History
- English: metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from Middle English scheld ‘shield’ (Old English scild, sceld).
- English: topographic name for someone who lived near the shallow part of a river, from Middle English scheld ‘shallow place’ (Old English sceldu, scieldu).
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail ‘descendant of Siadhal’ (see Shields).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 37 - Messages: 71
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| James Shield of Durham? | Tony Shield | 9 |
| Shield, Margaret, Patrick, Thomas, Hugh-Bklyn 1870+ |
 DZaragoza4616
| 2 |
| Shield |
norm94
| 3 |
| Am I a Shield? |
newtonscat
| 1 |
| Descendants of Thomas SHIEL/DS of Scotland | Loretta Thomas | 1 |
| Shield family | Lindy Rookyard (nee Shield) | 4 |
| George Shield |
levic9911
| 0 |
| John Shields | DeLayna | 0 |
| George Shields | DeLayna | 0 |
| amanda shields |
sophie1958
| 0 |
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