The kipfer Surname
kipfer Name Meaning and History
- Swiss German: topographic name for someone living on or near a peak or summit, from Kipf ‘edge’, ‘verge’, ‘point’.
- German: from a derivative of the personal name Giebfried, from Old High German geba ‘gift’ + fridu ‘protection’, ‘peace’.
- South German: from the dialect word Kipf or Kipferl ‘croissant’, ‘crescent-shaped roll’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or pâtissier.
- Respelling of Swiss German Küpfer (see Kupfer).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Kipfer, Kuepfer -- Stark County, Ohio |
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| Mrs. Christian Kipfer, Barbara Schmidt (b. 1813, France) | Diane | 2 |
| Update: Daughter of Bennett's of Pontiac, IL | Margo Rae Bennett | 1 |
| Ida Kipfer from Mi. | Betty | 2 |
| George A. Kipfer b. about 1870s - Eppards Point Township, Illinois |
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