Shabashewitz
Shabashewitz is a Lithuanian Jewish surname derived from the Hebrew personal name Shabtai, typically given to boys born on Shabbat (Saturday). It likely originated in or around the towns of Raseiniai and Viduklė in the former Kovno Governorate.[citation needed]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Marx Bashew (born Mordecai Shabashewitz; 1876–1949), Lithuania-born South African entrepreneur
- Helmutas Šabasevičius (1964–), Lithuanian art critic and historian
- Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė, Lithuanian sociologist and Islamologist
- Volodymyr Shabashevych (1946–), Ukrainian-Canadian composer
Related surnames
This page lists people with the surname Shabashewitz, Shabshewitz, Shabashevich, Shabasewich, Šabasevičius, Šabaševics.
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