Skip to main content

Updated August 19, 2024

Table of contents

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : unflattering nickname from Middle High German lappe ‘coxcomb’, ‘puppy’ (modern German Laffe).
  • German : habitational name from a place so named near Neuss in the Rhineland.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe