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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Barrel maker

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : occupational name for a cooper or the overseer of a wine cellar, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuofe ‘vat’, ‘barrel’ (from Latin cupa).
  • from an agent derivative of Middle High German kiffen ‘to quarrel’, hence a nickname for a bickerer.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Kiefer ‘pine tree’. This word, which is first attested in the early 15th century, is a blend of kien and forhe, both meaning ‘pine’. The two elements still have a separate existence: kieboom is the Dutch term for a pine tree, while in many parts of Germany the word for the tree is Föhre.

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