Shellard Family History
Shellard Name Meaning
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. Only Shailard has been found as medieval surname which has subsequently developed to or merged with Shailer. Compare Shale .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016