as a Last Name
- 1,411
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Shield
Meaning & Origins
English: metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from Middle English scheld ‘shield’ (Old English scild, sceld).
| 19,863rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,411
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Shield per capita
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