The Scale Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Scale usually leads back to Scales. The family name meaning is “Huts”, the same as for Scales.

• Without the “s” of Scales, Scale is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Scale sounds close to Scala, so it can help to search both.

Scale coat of arms

There is no single Scale family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your Scale family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.