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Per GROK...
The surname **Chertoff** (also spelled Chertov, Chertof, etc.) is of **Eastern European Jewish (Ashkenazi)** origin, most commonly from Yiddish or Russian/Ukrainian Slavic roots.
Its meaning comes from the Russian/Slavic word **"chert"** (ัััั), which means **"devil"**.
- **Chertoff / Chertov** literally translates to **"son of the devil"** or **"devil's kin"** in Russian and Yiddish slang.
- The Slavic suffix **-ov/-off** means "son of" or "belonging to" (like Ivanov = son of Ivan).
- So Chertov = "of the devil" โ Chertoff is the Yiddish/Ashkenazic adaptation of the same name.
Notable bearer:
Michael Chertoff (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security 2005โ2009) โ his family name is indeed the Yiddish form of the Russian โChertovโ (devil).
So in short: **Chertoff means โ(son) of the devilโ** โ a classic example of a dark-humor Eastern European Jewish surname.