English (mainly southern): metonymic occupational name for a
dancer, or a nickname for someone with an odd gait, from Middle
English trip(p)(en) ‘to step lightly, skip, or hop’ (Old French
triper).English: metonymic occupational name for a butcher
or tripe dresser, from Middle English, Old French trip(p)e
‘tripe’ (of unknown origin).German: metonymic occupational name
for a maker of wooden pattens (trippe), a type of raised sole
that could be strapped to normal footwear for walking in unpaved muddy
streets.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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