Given name & surname
Kieffer
“one who makes barrels”
Kieffer is a variant of Kiefer. One German interpretation is “one who makes barrels.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kieffer is a variant of Kiefer. One German interpretation is “one who makes barrels.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kieffer is a variant of Kiefer. An origin associated with Kiefer is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kieffer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 166 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 6,288 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kieffer’s family of names
Kieffer has a related form in Kiefer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kieffer
- Kieffer MooreWelsh-English association football playerborn 1992
- Kieffer BellowsAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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