SHOCHET Origin of surname
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
It can also derive from Jewish communal functionaries or titles.
Sho(c)het is the Hebrew term for "butcher/ritual slaughterer". Others are the German Scha(e)chter, Fleischhauer, Fleischhacker, Fleischer, Metzger and Schla(e)chter. The French equivalent is Boucher. Boucherot, a variant of Boucher, is documented as a Jewish family name in the 13th century with Abraham Boucherot of Paris (France). Fleischhacker is recorded in 1672 in Prague (Bohemia), and Boucher in 1739 in Metz (north eastern France). Flajszakier, a Polish spelling of the German Fleischhacker, was changed to Flasaquier in Paris (France) in 1951.
Distinguished 20th century bearers of the Jewish family name Shochet include the South African-born Israeli physician Solly B. Shochet and the American executive editor Suzanne Shochet.
SHECHTER
(Family Name)SHECHTER, SCHECHTER
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
It can also derive from Jewish communal functionaries or titles.
Shechter, a variant of Scha(e)chter, is one of the Yiddish/German translations of Sho(c)het, the Hebrew term for "butcher/ritual slaughterer". Others are Fleischhauer, Fleischhacker, Fleischer, Metzger and Schla(e)chter. The French equivalent is Boucher. Boucherot, a variant of Boucher, is documented as a Jewish family name in the 13th century with Abraham Boucherot of Paris (France). Fleischhacker is recorded in 1672 in Prague (Bohemia), and Boucher in 1739 in Metz (north eastern France). Flajszakier, a Polish spelling of the German Fleischhacker, was changed to Flasaquier in Paris (France) in 1951.
Distinguished 20th century bearers of the Jewish family name Shechter include the Israeli economist Mordecai Shechter.