Family name origins & meanings
- German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : habitational name from the duchy of Lippe, which became an independent state in the 12th century.
- German : variant of Lipp 3.
- German : topographic name for someone living on the banks of the Lippe river in Westphalia.
- German : topographic name (of Slavic origin) for someone who lived among lime trees, from lipa ‘lime’. Compare Lipinski.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Germanized form of Lipe.