Kappen Family History
Kappen Name Meaning
German: most likely a shortened form of Kappenmacher an occupational name for a maker of hoods and hooded cloaks (see Kapp ) or of Kappenberg a habitational name from a place so named near Minden Westphalia. North German and Dutch: patronymic from North German Kapp and of its Dutch cognate Kap.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022