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The name Kip was said to come from kipper for "male salmon" but it actually comes from the old English word kipp--meaning "high hill."
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According to the Dictionary of American Family Names,
Kip means:
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker, from Middle Dutch kiepe ‘basket’, ‘pannier’.
and Kipp means:
1. English: 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’.
2. German: topographic name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe ‘edge’, ‘brink’.
3. German: from Sorbian kipry ‘weak’ (Czech kyprý).
Kip means:
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker, from Middle Dutch kiepe ‘basket’, ‘pannier’.
and Kipp means:
1. English: 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’.
2. German: topographic name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe ‘edge’, ‘brink’.
3. German: from Sorbian kipry ‘weak’ (Czech kyprý).
This message was edited 1/25/2011, 9:43 PM
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