English and North German: from Middle English peper,
piper, Middle Low German peper ‘pepper’, hence a
metonymic occupational name for a spicer; alternatively, it may be a
nickname for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with
a fiery temper, or for a dark-haired person (from the color of a
peppercorn) or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent.Americanized form of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental name
Pfeffer, or Fef(f)er, a cognate, from Yiddish
fefer ‘pepper’.Irish: variant of Peppard.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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