English: occupational name for a maker or seller of goblets,
from Old French hanapier.
German and Dutch: from the
Germanic personal name Hambert, composed of either haim,
heim ‘home’ or hagan ‘enclosure’, ‘protected place’ +
berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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