Capers Family History
Capers Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire): occupational name for a maker of copes or capes from an agent derivative of Middle English cape (see Cape ) with post-medieval excrescent -s. Americanized form of Dutch Kapers: occupational name from Dutch kaper ‘sea robber pirate’ + genitive -s? Or an altered form of Kappers from kapper ‘barber hairdresser’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022