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Type Surname (from occupation & ornamental)
Usage German, Jewish
Other Forms FormsKüpfer

Meaning & History

German (Küpfer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a worker or trader in copper, Middle High German kupfer, German Kupfer ‘copper’. As a Jewish name it is often an ornamental name.
Added 10/9/2016 by LMS
Edited 7/24/2017 by LMS