Scheiffer name origin?

Question

Where does the name Scheiffer originate? Is it Polish, German??? I have not met my father but hi surname was Schieffer and he was Israeli. I am interested to know the origins of this name. People often ask me if I am Polish or Italian, French or Spanish strangley? My mother is celtic origins.

Answer 1

Sounds Germanic to me.

Answer 2

german it sounds german

Answer 3

It is definitely not Spanish, French or Italian.  It's probably Germanic... German or Polish is more like it.

Answer 4

Scheiffer is another variant spelling of Schaeffer.

Scheaffer  

Last name origin & meaning:

Altered spelling of German Schaeffer.

Schaeffer  

Last name origins & meanings:

German: variant of s******r

German: variant of Schaefer.

German: The Schaeffer line of Lutheran clergyman was brought over from Frankfurt-am-Main and Hanau, Germany, in 1774 by Frederick David Schaeffer (1760–1836), who accompanied one of his uncles to PA. Four of his sons, including the organizer of the Maryland Synod, and at least one of his grandsons became Lutheran clergymen.

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Schafer

This interesting surname, widely recorded in German Church Registers, is of early medieval Germanic origin, and is an occupational name for a shepherd deriving from "schafer", shepherd, an agent derivative of "schaf", sheep (Middle High German "schaf", Old High German "scaf"). In its original sense "a man who has to do with", the agent suffix "-er" designates persons according to their profession or occupation. Among the many professions open to landless people were those of Scha(e)fer (shepherd); Hirt(e) (herdsman); Holtzhacker (woodcutter); Kohlenbrenner (charcoal burner); and Zeidler (finder of wild honey). Early recordings of this surname include: Lewelin s******r, Burger zu Lahr (1356); Cuntzel Schefer (Worms, 1384); and Niclos s******r der Cartheuser ordens (1451). During the late 18th and early 19th Century, when many Ashkenazic peoples adopted this already long-established surname, it was taken, not in its literal sense, but probably as a reference to God ("the Lord is my Shepherd", Ps. 23:1), or perhaps in allusion to King David, who was a shepherd in his boyhood. On September 23rd 1810, Wilhelm Schafer and Wilhelmina Maeyin were married at Alsenz, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. A Coat of Arms granted to the Schafer family is a shield divided per pale red and silver with a chevalier in the first part and a lily spray in the second, all within a gold bordure. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Dietriech s******r, which was dated 1327, in "Early Medieval Records of Germany", during the reign of Louis 1V of Bavaria, 1314 - 1347.

Answer 5

polish