Skiles Family Crest and Last Name Background

There is no single Skiles family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Your Skiles ancestor may well appear as Skyles in earlier records. Read literally, Skiles points to “Descendant of Skyli (protector, king)”.

Spelled with “i” instead of “y”, Skiles shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Skeeles and Skeels. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Skiles with 5,172 bearers, at rank 6,548. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames.

Want more than a summary? See the Skiles family name pack.