Schaeffer

This article is about the surname; for a list of people with this surname, see List of people with surname Schaeffer; for other uses of "Schaeffer" and variant spellings, see Schaeffer (disambiguation).

Schaeffer
Family name
Meaning	"Steward of household"
Region of origin	Germany, France
Language(s) of origin	Middle High German
Related names	Schaefer, Schafer, Schaffer, Schafferre, Schafer, Schäfer, Schäffer, Schefer, Scheffer

Schaeffer is a term primarily used as a surname in a number of countries in the Western world, and is derived from the Middle High German term schafferre, which —in that language— referred to the manager or steward of a household.