Shaler Family History
Shaler Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): nickname for someone with a limp or a shambling gait from Middle English shailard a side form of shailere ‘one who limps or shambles’ with the pejorative suffix -ard. A possible alternative origin however is Old French eschaillier ‘oyster seller’ though there is no evidence for this in Middle English: the source verb eschaillier ‘to take the husk or shell off (something)’ ‘to shell oysters’ is paralleled in Middle English shalen. This might have given rise to a noun shaler perhaps meaning ‘thresher’ or ‘oyster seller’ but it is not attested. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022