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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : occupational name for someone who ground and polished diamonds on a rotating wheel, Dutch schijf.
  • English or Scottish : occupational name for a leatherworker whose job was to pare thin strips off a skin, for use as laces, ties, etc.

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