English (Kent): from Middle English apse ‘aspen tree’
(Old English æpse). See also Asp. Generally, this was
a topographic name for someone who lived by an aspen or a habitational
name from a place named with this word, as for example Apps in Surrey,
Apse on the Isle of Wight, or Asps in Warwickshire. Occasionally it
may have been applied as a nickname for a timorous person, with
reference to the trembling leaves.Dutch: variant of
Epps.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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