Skyles Last Name Facts and Heraldry

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Skyles, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

What Skyles means

Skyles began as a Danish family name. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “descendant of Skyli (protector, king)”.

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. The name also appears as Skiles, Skeeles and Skeels. In the 2010 US Census, 899 Americans gave Skyles as their last name (rank 26,975).

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