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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German kampf, German Kamf ‘fight’, ‘struggle’, hence an occupational name for a champion, a professional fighter (see Kemp), or a nickname for someone with a pugnacious temperament. As a Jewish name it can be ornamental.

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