Given name & surname

Tapp

“oaf”

Tapp is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “oaf.”

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Where it comes from

Tapp has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Old English *Tæppa; as a German surname, it comes from Middle Low German tappe.

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How it developed

From Old English *Tæppa.

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Tapp’s family of names

In English usage, Tapp as a surname has a related form in TAPPE. In English usage, Tapp as a surname has a related form in TOPP.

Walk Tapp’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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

Welsh

Tew

“row; lenghty object”

No U.S. birth series

36% boys · 64% girls

Old English

Tappenden

“valley”

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Old English

Yapp

“deceitful, shrewd”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Tooze

“tough”

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Old English

Tattersall

“corner, nook”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Tipping

Tipping is a given name.

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Thrupp

“farm, village”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Turnham

“circular”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

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