The kopper Surname
kopper Name Meaning and History
- German: from Low German Kopper ‘copper’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a copper dealer or coppersmith.
- German: occupational name, from Low German Köpper ‘bloodletter’, i.e. someone who applied cups in order to effect a bleeding.
- German: from Slavic kopr ‘dill’, ‘fennel’, hence a topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for a herb grower or dealer. Compare Koper.
- German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Koppen.
- Dutch: variant of Koper.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Kopper family |
 martinamanda
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| William W. Koppers Jr. |
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| Louis Paul Koppers Sr. |
VigilTammy
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| William W. Koppers Sr. |
VigilTammy
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| Koppers: East Prussia to Ohio |
KateBrdk
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| KOPPER family from Hamburg to Iowa |
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| KOPPER passenger list | kate | 0 |
| Kopper in Chicago.... |
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| Kopper in Chicago | Ed Schoenbaum | 0 |
| david kopper | klaus brandt | 0 |
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