The couper Surname
couper Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from Cupar in Fife, which is probably of Pictish origin, with an unknown meaning. There are several other places similarly named, for example Couper Angus and Cupar Maculty (now Couttie), but these do not seem to have given rise to surnames.
- English: variant spelling of Cooper.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 29 - Messages: 72
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Couper/Cooper/Kuyper and Brouwer | Karina | 1 |
| Alexander Couper | William Couper | 3 |
| JOHN ALEXANDER COUPER & ISABELLA GALL |
 billycouper1974
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| Jane Couper, Afro-American missionary to Gaboon Africa 1840s |
marycloutier187
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| John COUPER & son John Robert Fornear COUPER |
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| any information out there? | Christopher Couper | 5 |
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| IDA MARY COUPER | Bubbles Segall | 0 |
| Descendants of Ellen Elizabeth Couper | Bubbles Segall | 0 |
| Couper | Karen Wischhusen | 8 |
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