When Anna Schild was born on 20 February 1875, in Wiler, Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Jakob Schild, was 31 and her mother, Anna Huggler, was 19. She died on 7 March 1875, at the age of 0.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Manfred, Johannes, Otto, Ewald, Gerda, Hans, Helmuth, Ilse.
German, Swiss German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker or painter of shields, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schilt ‘shield’. Compare Schield .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schild ‘shield, (house) sign’, applied either as an artificial name or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign. Compare Rothschild .
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