Kappel Family History
Kappel Name Meaning
German Danish and Dutch: topographic name for a person living near a chapel from Middle High German kap(p)elle kappel ‘chapel’. This is a loanword from Late Latin cap(p)ella a diminutive of cappa ‘hooded cloak’ the first building to be so called having housed a cloak that reputedly belonged to Saint Martin of Tours. Compare Cappel . German and Dutch: habitational name from a place called with Middle High German kappel ‘chapel’ of which there are many examples in southern Germany (in the north mostly Cappel). This surname (in both possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Cappel . German (Käppel): diminutive of Kapp .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022