Names

From Middle Low German smal meaning “small, slender”.

Occupational name for a locksmith, derived from Old High German sloz meaning “lock”.

Variant of Schlosser.

From German schlimm “bad, crooked, awry”.

From Middle High German slinderen “to dawdle” or Middle Low German slinden “to swallow, to eat”.

Means “fencer, fencing master”, from Old High German skirmen meaning “to defend”.

Occupational name for a roof tiler, from Middle High German schindel “shingle”. A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who saved over a thousand Polish Jews during World War II.

Dutch and Low German form of Schirmer.

Occupational name for a cutter of cloth or a sheep-shearer, from Old High German skeran “to cut”.

From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning “wine server” (from Old High German scenken “to pour out”).