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Updated June 9, 2019

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.

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