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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Tyrol) : variant of Scheibe, the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a glazier, from German Scheibe ‘window pane’ + the agent suffix -er.

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