The shaver Surname
shaver Name Meaning and History
- Americanized form of Dutch Schouwer, an occupational name for an inspector of market weights and measures, Dutch schouwer ‘inspector’.
- Altered form of German Schaefer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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