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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : from an agent noun derived from Middle High German schope (from Italian giubba, Modern German Joppe), denoting a kind of overcoat, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such coats.
  • North German (Schöppner) : occupational name for a juryman (see Schoepp 2).

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