as a Last Name
- 2,471
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Deshields
Meaning & Origins
Possibly a part Americanized form of Dutch de Schilder, an occupational name for a gilder or painter (of arms), from schilder ‘painter’, a derivative of schild ‘shield’, ‘scutcheon’, ‘coat of arms’.
| 12,490th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,471
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Deshields per capita
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