Sheriff Family History
Sheriff Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name or nickname from Middle English shirreve sher(r)eve sheref(fe) ‘sheriff officer of the Crown’ (Old English scīrgerēfa from scīr ‘shire county’ + (ge)rēfa ‘reeve’) literally the reeve (i.e. steward) of a shire. Compare Reeve . Muslim (mainly Nigeria Sierra Leone and Liberia): variant of Sharif . In Sierra Leone and Liberia this name is found mainly among the Mandinka people. Compare Sirleaf .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022