Shames (surname)

Shames is a Yiddish surname, derived from Yiddish shames, "sexton (in a synagogue), gabbai". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Edward Shames (1922–2021), American army officer
 * Laurence Shames (born 1951), American writer
 * Stephen Shames (born 1947), American photojournalist