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tripp Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly southern): metonymic occupational name for a dancer, or a nickname for someone with an odd gait, from Middle English trip(p)(en) ‘to step lightly, skip, or hop’ (Old French triper).
  2. English: metonymic occupational name for a butcher or tripe dresser, from Middle English, Old French trip(p)e ‘tripe’ (of unknown origin).
  3. German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden pattens (trippe), a type of raised sole that could be strapped to normal footwear for walking in unpaved muddy streets.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of tripp Families in the US in 1920
Number of tripp families
 211-419
 71-210		 1-70
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 436 - Messages: 1269
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Sarah Tripp HarryDell51 0
Ellen Grace Tripp Lora Tompkins 1
W. E. Tripp b. 1820s in VT or NY, moved in PA, WI, IA 1850s HemingsenElfering 0
Harvey Tripp robertsroost 2
Tripp Slave Ownership Dabura karriem 18
Ancestors/Descendants of John Tripp b. c. 1781 - lived in Clevedon/Worle England aden07775 3
James H. Tripp sahorinek 2
Flossie harleygirl02 0
3 John Trippes Yonamo1 5
TRIPP C A 1919 2003 There You Are t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
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