Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings German (Schüle) : occupational name for a maker or repairer of shoes, from a diminutive of Middle High German schuoch ‘shoe’ (see Schuh).German (Schüle) : variant of Schiele ‘cross-eyed’, altered by folk etymology in such a way that it conforms to the German word Schule ‘school’.