Given name & surname
Kipper
“from the small pointed hill”
Kipper is a variant of Kipp. One English interpretation is “from the small pointed hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kipper is a variant of Kipp. One English interpretation is “from the small pointed hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kipper is a variant of Kipp. An origin associated with Kipp is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kipper through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 102
- 102 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,236 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,236 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 189 as a first name in 2020; 989 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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