The name Shields is a boy's name meaning "hut; son of Siadhal".

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As an English surname, Shields comes from the Middle English word <em>scheld</em>, meaning "hut" or "shelter." (This is also how the word "shell" was derived). The Irish Shields is an Anglicized form of Ó Siadhail — Siadhal may mean "slow-moving slothful."

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The name Shields peaked for boys at #2593 in 1915.

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