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Sherriff

Feminine
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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and Scottish : status name for a sheriff, from Middle English schiref ‘sheriff’, ‘administrative officer of an English shire’, from Old English scīr ‘shire’ + (ge)rēfa ‘reeve’ (see Reeve). Compare Shreve.

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