Shafer Family History
Shafer Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schäfer (see Schaefer ) Schäffer (see Schaffer ) or Schaffer Americanized form of Hungarian Sáfár Slovenian and Croatian Šafar or Šafer Czech Šafář or Šafer Slovak Šafár in part cognates of names in 1 above (see Safar ). Compare Shaffer
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022