Sheff Family History
Sheff Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schöpf (see Schopf ) and Scheff and also of Schepp . Compare Shepp . Americanized form of French Canadian Cheff . Jewish (American): shortened form of some original eastern Ashkenazic surname; compare Sheftel . In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of Slovenian Šef: from a Slovenized form of the Middle High German term schepfe ‘juryman’ (see Schopf ) which was used as a translation into German of the Slovenian feudal status name for a village judge sodja.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022