The papp Surname
papp Name Meaning and History
- German (Bavaria, Tyrol) and Dutch: from Middle High German pap ‘baby food’ and Dutch pap ‘porridge’, ‘pap’, hence perhaps a nickname denoting someone who had lost his teeth or subsisted on a meagre diet.
- Hungarian: from pap ‘priest’, probably an occupational name for someone in the service of a priest or a nickname for a pious person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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