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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : of uncertain origin; possibly related to Middle Low German schurren ‘to slide’.
  • German : in the south a topographic name from Middle High German schor(re) ‘steep rock’, ‘rocky shore’.
  • German (of Slavic origin) : nickname for a skillful person, from Slavic skory ‘quick’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Shor.

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