Ciubotaru (surname)

Last updated June 20, 2025

Ciubotaru, Ciobotariu or Ciubotarul is a Romanian-language occupational surname derived from the occupation of ciubotar, bootmaker, a borrowing from Slavic 'chebotar'

The surnames may refer to

Alexandru Ciubotaru, director of the Chișinău Botanical Garden
Cristian Ciubotariu, Romanian footballer
Denis Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer
Dumitru Ciobotaru, Romanian boxer
Gheorghe Ciobotaru, Romanian wrestler
Ionel Ciubotaru, mayor of Roznov, Neamț
Kevin Ciubotaru, Romanian footballer
Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer
Mihai Ciubotaru, plaintiff in Ciubotaru v. Moldova

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler / shoemaker / cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Grass, Gracey, Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	DeSutter/De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter Scheemaeckers, Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schuhmann, Schumaker, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Schuster, Shoemark, Schumann, Shumacher, Shumaker, Shoemaker, Shuman, Shumann, Shuster, Schubart, Schubert, Shubert, Schuchardt Stiefel, Stiefl, Stifel, Polonized: Szubert, Szuman, Szuster
Romance	Surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Soutar, Souttar, Sutor, De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto, Le Sueur Scarpa, Scarponi, Callegari, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corvaisier Sabaté, Sabater Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero borrowings from Slavic: Cebotari, Ciubotaru/Ciubotariu/Ciobotariu/Ciobotaru
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Cizmar/Čizmar/Čižmár/Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šubert, Šubrt Šuštar (from Schuster) Szydło
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

Ciubotaru (surname)

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