Kaps Family History
Kaps Name Meaning
German: shortened form of Kappus a metonymic occupational name for a cabbage farmer. German: from a shortened and metathesized form of the personal name Kaspar (see Caspar ). Compare 3 below. Slovenian (Kapš): of German origin most likely the same as 2 above. In part it is a Slovenized form of the Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname Kapsch .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022