indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage German
Meaning & History
German: variant of Schilz and, in North America.Germanized form of Slovenian Šilc: probably from a derivative of šiliti ‘to point, to sharpen (with an awl)’, applied as an occupational name for someone who used an awl (šilo in Slovene) as a tool.