Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Turkish Pronounced Pron. /kap.ˈɫan/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "tiger" in Turkish.
Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage German, Czech, Jewish Scripts קפלן(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. /ka.ˈplaːn/(German) /ˈkap.lan/(Czech) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "chaplain, curate" in German and Czech, ultimately from Latin cappellanus. It is also sometimes used as a Jewish name, from a translation of Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning "priest" (see Cohen).