Sharpe in my family tree
English: nickname from Middle English scharp keen, active, quick (Old English scearp).
Variants: Sharpe; Shairp (Scots).
Cognates: German: Scharf, Scharff, Scharfe, Sharpf. Low German: Scharp. Flemish, Dutch: : Scherp. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Scharf, Scharfman; Szarf (Polish spelling).
Patronymics: English: Sharps. Low German: Scharping, Schärping, Scherping.
Compounds (arbitrary elaborations): Jewish: Scharfherz, Szarfherc, Szarfharc (sharp heart); Scharfstein, Szarfstein (sharp stone).
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