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Throughout the world, Shaeffer (Schäfer , Shaeffer , شيفر) is a very rare dominantly male, but infrequently female forename. The given name Shaeffer is characteristic of Germany, where it is a very rare epicene name, the United States, where it is an extremely rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Predominantly, Shaeffer is the last name as well as the forename.
Shaeffer is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Schäfer , the operatic character in the opera Leben des Orest.