English (mainly southern), Dutch, and North German:
occupational name for a player on the pipes, Middle English
pipere, Middle Dutch pi(j)per, Middle Low German
piper.Translation of German Pfeiffer, or of
the French secondary surname Lefifre.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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