Family name origins & meanings
- German (Küpper) : Rhenish dialect variant of Kuper 1.
- German : central variant of Kupfer.
- Swiss German : topographic name from Kuppe ‘hill’, ‘elevation’.
- Swiss German : occupational name for a potter, from an agent derivative of Rhaeto-Romansh cuppa ‘bowl’, ‘dish’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Kuper.