Schilder Family History
Schilder Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a shield maker or painter from Middle High German schilt ‘shield’ + the agent suffix -er. Compare Schild . Dutch: occupational name for a house painter or a decorative painter from schilder ‘painter’ originally a painter of coats of arms on shields (schild ‘shield’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022