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opie Name Meaning and History

Cornish: from the medieval personal name Oppy, Obby, a pet form of various personal names such as Osborn, Osbert, and Osbald.

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opie Family Facts

Distribution of opie Families in the US in 1920
Number of opie families
 10-17
 4-9
 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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