New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesRe: Background and Meaning of "Hampe"
in reply to a message by Stephen Hampe
Hi Stephen,
Here you can find the origin and meaning of Hampe:
http://www.behindthename.com/messages/32964.html
You asked for more details (which I obviously didn't see last time), so I just had a look:
Other forms of the surname are Hempe, Hampel, Hempel, Hemprecht, Hampke, Hamke, Hempler, Hemprich, Hamp, Hemp, Hampo, Hampl etc.
(patronymic forms: Hempeler, Hempler, Hampler, Hampelmann, Hempelmann etc.)
The forms including an L are from the southern parts of the country.
The name Hampelmann is even the word for a "Jumping Jack" in Germany (as "hampeln" is a Low German expression for "struggle", "wriggle").
There is a German phrase: "Es sieht aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa" which means "It looks like under the couch of the Hempels' (family)" and is used when something is looking really untidy.
So Hempel and Hampelmann are quite funny surnames to have in Germany.
Regards, Satu
Here you can find the origin and meaning of Hampe:
http://www.behindthename.com/messages/32964.html
You asked for more details (which I obviously didn't see last time), so I just had a look:
Other forms of the surname are Hempe, Hampel, Hempel, Hemprecht, Hampke, Hamke, Hempler, Hemprich, Hamp, Hemp, Hampo, Hampl etc.
(patronymic forms: Hempeler, Hempler, Hampler, Hampelmann, Hempelmann etc.)
The forms including an L are from the southern parts of the country.
The name Hampelmann is even the word for a "Jumping Jack" in Germany (as "hampeln" is a Low German expression for "struggle", "wriggle").
There is a German phrase: "Es sieht aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa" which means "It looks like under the couch of the Hempels' (family)" and is used when something is looking really untidy.
So Hempel and Hampelmann are quite funny surnames to have in Germany.
Regards, Satu
1
Replies
Thanks Satu,
DO you know how far back (aprrox. what year) "hampe" originated in Lower Saxony?
Vielen Dank!
S.H.
DO you know how far back (aprrox. what year) "hampe" originated in Lower Saxony?
Vielen Dank!
S.H.
1
Hello Stephen,
I didn't find any year for Lower Saxony, but for other places I found these years (in the book Hans Bahlow: Deutsches Namenlexikon, 1967)
Hampo - 9th century in Westphalia
Hampe, Hempe - 1428 i.O. (don't know what that abbreviation stands for, it's not said in the book. I'd guess it means in Westphalia as well or in the eastern part of Westphalia?)
Hampe - 1372 in Hesse, in Haldensleben, even as a female first name
Hempe, Hempel - 1372 in Liegnitz (Silesia)
Regards, Satu
I didn't find any year for Lower Saxony, but for other places I found these years (in the book Hans Bahlow: Deutsches Namenlexikon, 1967)
Hampo - 9th century in Westphalia
Hampe, Hempe - 1428 i.O. (don't know what that abbreviation stands for, it's not said in the book. I'd guess it means in Westphalia as well or in the eastern part of Westphalia?)
Hampe - 1372 in Hesse, in Haldensleben, even as a female first name
Hempe, Hempel - 1372 in Liegnitz (Silesia)
Regards, Satu
1