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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a Germanic personal name Boppo, of uncertain origin and meaning, perhaps originally a nursery name or a short form of a personal name such as Bodobert, a Germanic personal name meaning ‘famous leader’, composed of the elements Bodo ‘messenger’, ‘leader’ (see Bode) + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. See also Popp.

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