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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from an Old English personal name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning.
  • German : from a short form of the Germanic name Theudobrand, composed of the elements theodo- ‘people’ + brand ‘sword’.
  • North German : nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, from Middle Low German tappe ‘oaf’.

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