Jumper Family History

English (Middlesex): perhaps an Anglicized form of French Jombart apparently from a hybrid Old French personal name whose first element may derive from Latin gemini ‘twins’ and whose second is the ancient Germanic name element -berht ‘bright illustrious’. Alternatively it could be a variant of the Old French personal name Gombert or the equivalent Middle Dutch Gumbert from ancient Germanic Gundberht composed of the ancient Germanic elements gund- ‘battle’ + -berht.

This surname is now rare in Britain. Native American (Seminole): from a personal name based on the English word jumper (probably through translation).