Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : possibly a nickname for some kind of official, from Middle Dutch rappoort, rapport ‘report’, ‘statement’, ‘account’, ‘declaration’.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of the Swiss family name Rappard, a habitational name from Rappertswyl, Switzerland, named from the Germanic personal name Radobert, a compound of rād, rāt ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ + berht ‘bright’.

Join the Family

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

Subscribe