Given name & surname

Shaff

Shaff is a surname from German.

Original GermanSchaff

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Shaff comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Shaff as a surname developed from SCHAFF.

Shaff’s family of names

In English usage, Shaff as a surname developed from the German form SCHAFF.

Walk Shaff’s family in the name graph

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Hebrew

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German

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Sibling ideas

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