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Canipe

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Canipé) : Picard and southern occupational name for a knife-maker, from a derivative of canif ‘(small) knife’.
  • Probably an Americanized form of German Kneip. Compare Kanipe.

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