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Shifrin

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Shifrin, Shiffrin, Schifrin and Schiffrin (Yiddish: שיפרין shifrin, Russian: Шифрин Šifrín) is a matronymic Jewish surname of Yiddish origin. Shifrin derives from the Yiddish female personal שפרה shifre (Shifre), from Hebrew שִׁפְרָה šīp̄ərā, shifrá (Shifra) 'beauty, grace' (see Shiphrah). It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Notable people with the surname include: