Type Surname (from location)
Usage German
Meaning & History
Topographical name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe 'edge', 'brink'.
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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English
Meaning & History
From Middle English Kipp, perhaps a byname for a fat man, from an unattested Old English form Cyppe, which according to Reaney is from the Germanic root kupp 'to swell'.