Kopp Family History

German (also Köpp): from a pet form of the personal name Jakob (see Jacob). German: nickname for someone with a noticeable deformity or peculiarity of the head from Low German Kopp ‘head’ or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill.

German: possibly also a nickname from the South German dialect word Kopp (also Kapp) ‘young cock capon’. German: habitational name from a place so named in the Eifel Mountains. Compare Copp.

Czech: variant (or a Germanized form) of Kop from a short form of the personal name Prokop or a nickname from Middle High German kopf ‘head’ (compare 2 above). Dutch: probably of German origin (see above).

Hungarian: habitational name from a place so named near Naszvad. The placename is of German origin.

A small plot of land near the village was named Vábrikkenkopp (from German Brückenkopf) by a Hungarian soldier in the Habsburg Army who used to stand on watch at the bridge across the Vág river. The locals had difficulty with the name and later shortened it to Kopp.