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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the medieval personal name Kiepert, an altered form of Gebhardt.
  • German : It has also been suggested that it is from an agent derivative of Low German Kiep(e), which denotes a basket designed to be carried slung across the back, hence an occupational name for a basket maker or peddler.

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