Schachtmeyer Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

A Schachtmeyer ancestor may well appear as Schacht in earlier records.

Its meaning, shared with Schacht, is “A miner, or someone living by a shaft or a ridge”. Schachtmeyer adds -meyer to the root of Schacht, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Schachtmeier, Schachtmaier and Schachten.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Schachtmeyer, so the heraldry linked to Schacht is a starting point, not an automatic right.

For the full story, order the Schachtmeyer surname pack.