Skeels Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Ancestors listed as Skeels are often found as Skyles a generation earlier. The name is usually explained as “Descendant of Skyli (protector, king)”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• The 2010 census count for Skeels in the United States was 1,013, good for rank 24,648. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.
• Other spellings include Skeeles and Skiles.
• Skeels is listed among the recognised spellings of Skyles.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Skeels, so the heraldry linked to Skyles is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Skeels report, with a museum-style coat of arms.