Kip Family History
Kip Name Meaning
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker from Middle Dutch kiepe ‘basket’. Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a poultry farmer from kip ‘chicken’. Dutch and North German: variant of Kipp Dutch: from Middle Dutch kip(pe) ‘bundle (e.g. of hides or flax)’ hence probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fur trader for example.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022