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From West Germanic * As a Dutch and German surname, from kopen (“to buy”). * As a West Frisian surname, shortened from Jakob, a form of Jacob.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation]. Full definition →
From West Germanic * As a Dutch and German surname, from kopen (“to buy”). * As a West Frisian surname, shortened from Jakob, a form of Jacob.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.