Schaar Family History
Schaar Name Meaning
German: from Scarius from a short form of an ancient Germanic compound name formed with skar- ‘army’; ‘cutting weapon’ as the first element which in the Middle Ages provided a nickname for someone working on a team due to a feudal obligation and also a metonymic occupational name for someone working with plowshares. Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a shearer knife grinder or tailor from schaar plural scharen ‘shears’. Dutch (Van der Schaar): topographic name from schare schaar ‘bank dike’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022