Given name & surname
Kuiper
Kuiper is a surname from Dutch. It is used in English and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kuiper through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 68 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,217 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,217 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,538 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.
Kuiper’s family of names
In English usage, Kuiper as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Cooper. In Dutch usage, Kuiper as a surname has a related form in KUYPER.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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