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Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/18/2024, 1:54 PM	Paradiso36
1/2/2024, 9:03 PM	Paradiso36
12/22/2023, 3:17 PM	Paradiso36

Name Shipper

Type Surname (from occupation)

Usage German, Jewish, English

Other Forms FormsSchipper, Schiffer (German)

Edit Status Status not set

Meaning & History

German and Jewish Cognate and English variant of Schipper. occupational name from Middle English shippere "shipman sailor seaman" (Old English scipere) perhaps also with the sense "skipper" (Middle Low German schipper).

Added 12/22/2023 by Paradiso36