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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : occupational name for a smith who worked in copper, Middle English copersmith.
  • Translation of German Kupferschmidt (see Kupersmith) or any of the various Ashkenazic Jewish surnames with the same meaning, as for example Kupferschmi(e)dt, Kupfershmid(t), Kupershmid(t), Kupperschmidt, Kuperschmidt, Kupershmit.

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