Kipp Family History
Kipp Name Meaning
North German: from Middle Low German kip ‘bundle (e.g. of hides or flax)’ hence probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fur trader for example. North German and Dutch: from a short form of the old personal name Gebolf composed of the ancient Germanic elements geb ‘gift’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare Kip German: topographic name for someone living on a hill from Kippe ‘edge brink’. English (mainly Middlesex): from the Middle English personal name Kipp (Old English Cyppe of unexplained etymology). Compare Kipping . This surname is rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022