Shackel Family History
Shackel Name Meaning
English:: from Schakel an Anglicized form of Skakel (Old Norse Skǫkull Skakli from a word meaning ‘cart-pole’). nickname from Middle English shakel ‘shackle bond fetter’ (Old English sceacel) perhaps for a gaoler or a maker of such items.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022