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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Řepa) and Slovak : nickname from the vocabulary word řepa ‘turnip’.
  • Hungarian (Répa) : from Hungarian répa ‘carrot’, a derivative of the Slavic word in 1 above; a nickname for someone with carrot-colored hair or for a slow-witted person.

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