The capers Surname
capers Name Meaning and History
- English: occupational name for a cope or cape maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English cape.
- Dutch: from an agent derivative of kap ‘hood’, ‘cap’, hence an occupational name for a maker of such head gear, or a nickname for someone who habitually wore a hood.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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