SHAND

SHAND. Said to be a corruption of De Champ or Deschamps. In Scotland it was ancientl)- written Schand, and latinized Schanda?us. It is of course of French origin, though of earlier importation than the Rev. of the Ed. of Nantes, 1G85, as asserted in Notes & Qu., 2ud Series No. lOG. Philibert de Shaunde was created Earl of Bath in 1185 ; but nothing is known of him except tliat he was a native of Brittany. Ext. Peerage. The name is common in the shires of Aberdeen and Banff. Inf. C. F. Shand, Esq.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.