The pappan Surname
pappan Name Meaning and History
Swiss French: probably a variant of Papin, a derivative of
paper ‘to eat gluttonously’, which had the sense in Old French
of ‘baby’s pap’, or alternatively of Papon, from Old French and
Occitan papon ‘grandfather’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| pappan texas | kitty | 19 |
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| Lester Franklin Pappan, Sr. w/ Mildred ???? | Linda Gray | 0 |
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| Richard LeClair Loretta Lynn Pappan OK | Amber | 1 |
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| Finding birth parents | Amber | 0 |
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