Kemper Family History
Kemper Name Meaning
German: status name denoting a peasant farmer or serf an agent noun derivative of Kamp North German: occupational name for an official calibrator who marked the correct weight and measures for verification from Middle Low German kempen. German and possibly also Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of the twelve places called Kempen in the Dutch-German border area. Dutch: agent noun derivative of Kemp .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022