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The schey Surname

schey Name Meaning and History

  1. South German: variant of Scheu.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Shay(e), a pet form of Yeshaye ‘Isaiah’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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