German: occupational name for a mariner or boatman, from an
agent derivative of Middle High German schif ‘ship’.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Schiffer ‘boatman’,
‘skipper’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal
name Shifre, derived from a Hebrew word meaning ‘beautiful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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