Given name & surname
Kuyper
Kuyper 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 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kuyper through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,431 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,431 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 759 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.
Kuyper’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Kuyper as a surname has a related form in KUIPER.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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