The pape Surname
pape Name Meaning and History
- English (mainly northern), North German, Dutch, and French: nickname for someone with a severe or pompous manner or perhaps a pageant name for someone who had played the part of a pope or priest, from Middle English pope or Old French pape ‘pope’, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pape ‘priest’, Old French pape ‘pope’. Compare Papa.
- German: nickname from a baby word for ‘father’. Compare Baab.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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