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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch : from schade ‘damage’, a derivative of schaden ‘to do damage’, generally a nickname for a thug or clumsy person, or, more particularly, a robber knight, who raided others’ lands.
  • Scottish and English : variant spelling of Shade.

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