as a Last Name
- 47,635
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shields
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced form of O’Shields, an alternative Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail‘descendant of Siadhal’.
| 605th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 47,635
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Shields per capita
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