The napier Surname
napier Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: occupational name for a producer or seller of table linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin mappa). Compare Napper.
- Shortened form of Polish Napierala or a similar name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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