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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Watchful

Boy name variations

Schaffur

Schaffur

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Shaffer

Shaffer

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : occupational name for a steward or bailiff, from an agent derivative of Middle High German schaffen ‘to manage’.
  • South German (Schäffer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Schaefer.

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