Given name & surname

Lippe

Lippe is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lippe comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Lippe.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lippe’s family of names

In Greek usage, Lippe as a surname is a transliteration of Λίππε. In German usage, Lippe as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Липпе.

Walk Lippe’s family in the name graph

LippeΛίππεLippyЛиппе

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Lippe has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Lippe, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Lykke

“folk, people”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

German

Liide

Liide is a feminine given name from German. It is used in Estonian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

German

Lips

Lips is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Lisch

Lisch is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Lucke

Lucke is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

75% boys · 25% girls

German

Luepke

Luepke is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Lamke

Lamke is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Lissner

Lissner is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Lippe’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Lippe