Napp

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld French nappe ← German Napp ← Middle Low German nap →
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Meanings

proper nounNapp (plural Napps)

plural Napps

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*hnapp
  2. Old Saxon*hnapp
  3. Middle Low Germannap“bowl, mug”
  4. GermanNapp
  5. Old Frenchnappe“table cloth”
  6. EnglishNapp

Various origins: * As an English surname, variant of Nabb or reduced from McNabb. * As a German surname, a variant spelling of Knapp. * English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of tablecloths, from Old French nappe (“table cloth”). * Borrowed from German Napp, a metonymic occupational surname for a bowl or cup maker, from Middle Low German nap (“bowl, mug”), from Old Saxon *hnapp, from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp.

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