SCHEYER Origin of surname
SCHEYER
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.
The German/Yiddish name Sheyer can be associated with the Hebrew S(h)or, that is "bull/ox" , and also with Scheuer, the German term for "shed/barn". Shor became a frequent 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Joseph because he is described as a young bull in Deutoronomy. German-speaking Jews translated the 'kinnui' as Ochs ("ox") and Stier ("steer"), and Polish-speakers as Byk/Bik or Wol. Shor is documented as a Jewish family name with the 15th/16th century chancellor of the Moldavian (Romanian) ruling princes Stefan and Bogdan, Isaac Ben Benjamin Shor of Jassy. The German spelling variant Schorr is recorded with Loebel Schorr of Vienna who visited the Leipzig (Germany) fair in 1708.
Ochs is mentioned as a Jewish surname in 1762 when Abraham Loeb Ochs of Fuerth visited the Leipzig fair. Stier is documented as a Jewish family name in 1811. A Jewish Scheuer/Scheyer family, living in the house called 'Goldene Scheuer', which means "golden barn/shed", is documented in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1535.
Scheuer is recorded as a Jewish family name in 1678 with Samuel Scheuer, who attended the Leipzig fair in Germany.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.
The German/Yiddish name Sheyer can be associated with the Hebrew S(h)or, that is "bull/ox" , and also with Scheuer, the German term for "shed/barn". Shor became a frequent 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Joseph because he is described as a young bull in Deutoronomy. German-speaking Jews translated the 'kinnui' as Ochs ("ox") and Stier ("steer"), and Polish-speakers as Byk/Bik or Wol. Shor is documented as a Jewish family name with the 15th/16th century chancellor of the Moldavian (Romanian) ruling princes Stefan and Bogdan, Isaac Ben Benjamin Shor of Jassy. The German spelling variant Schorr is recorded with Loebel Schorr of Vienna who visited the Leipzig (Germany) fair in 1708.
Ochs is mentioned as a Jewish surname in 1762 when Abraham Loeb Ochs of Fuerth visited the Leipzig fair. Stier is documented as a Jewish family name in 1811. A Jewish Scheuer/Scheyer family, living in the house called 'Goldene Scheuer', which means "golden barn/shed", is documented in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1535.
Scheuer is recorded as a Jewish family name in 1678 with Samuel Scheuer, who attended the Leipzig fair in Germany.