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Raper

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Yorkshire) : variant of Roper. In southern dialects of English, Old English -ā- became Middle English -ō-, whereas in Yorkshire -a- was preserved and gave rise to this form of the surname.
  • Possibly also an altered spelling of German Röper or Röber (see Roeber).

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