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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • American : Capricious

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German kappe ‘hooded cloak’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods and hooded cloaks or a nickname for someone who habitually wore such a garment.
  • German : nickname for a man with a high voice, from Middle High German kappe ‘capon’.
  • German : from a variant of the personal name Kaspar.

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