Shiel Family History
Shiel Name Meaning
English: variant of Shield Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail ‘descendant of Siadhal’ an Irish personal name possibly meaning ‘slow-moving slothful’ and the name of a well known medical family. As is common after l n in transliteration from Irish the Anglicized form may be given a final -d as in Shields .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022