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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a diminutive of Old French jupe, a term denoting a long woolen garment, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller (or a nickname for a wearer) of such garments. This word ultimately derives from Arabic.

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