Shales Family History
Shales Name Meaning
English:: perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English shail ‘crooked gait shuffling’ (attested in the adverb ashayle 1530) derived from Middle English shailen ‘to stumble shuffle’ and probably related to shailard (see Shaler ). variant of Seal from Netherseal or Overseal (Derbyshire) recorded in medieval records as Seyle and Scheyle. perhaps a variant of Sale with a palatalized pronunciation of initial S- as Sh-.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022