Kipper Family History
Kipper Name Meaning
German: variant of Kipp 2 and German: habitational name for someone from a place called Kipper in Westphalia. German: from Middle High German kipper ‘unfair fighter’ hence a nickname for a person of no standing. East German (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized form of the Sorbian adjective kipry ‘weak’ hence a nickname for a frail or weak-willed person. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kiper English: nickname from Middle English kipre kiper ‘salmon sea trout or some other fish which has been cured’ probably for someone who sold cured fish.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022