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Type Surname (from location)
Usage German, Jewish

Meaning & History

Habitational name for someone from any of several places named Schaten or Schatten, or a topographic name for someone living in a shady location, from Middle High German schate "shade", "protection".
Added 8/22/2014 by Goweegie2