Schaeffner Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Schaeffner? Think of it as Schaffner with a different pen. The family name meaning is “A manager or steward of a household”, the same as for Schaffner. The extra “e” in Schaeffner is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Scheffner.

Between 1891 and 2000, 151 babies born in France were registered as Schaeffner, with the most births in 1991–2000. Births ran at 6 in 1891–1900 and 29 in 1991–2000.

Arms linked to Schaffner and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Schaeffner family name pack.