Släkthistoria för Sheff
Sheff Vad efternamn betyder
Americanized form of German Schöpf (see Schopf) and Scheff and also of Schepp. Compare Shepp. Americanized form of French Canadian Cheff. Jewish (American): shortened form of some original eastern Ashkenazic surname; compare Sheftel. In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of Slovenian Šef: from a Slovenized form of the Middle High German term schepfe ‘juryman’ (see Schopf) which was used as a translation into German of the Slovenian feudal status name for a village judge sodja.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
