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Updated June 9, 2019

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.

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