Given name & surname · also Low German

Tepe

“peak, hill”

Tepe is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Turkish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “peak, hill.”

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Where it comes from

Tepe has more than one origin: in one tradition, it comes from Low German; as a Turkish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “peak, hill”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tepe’s family of names

In English usage, Tepe as a surname has a related form in TEBBE. In Greek usage, Tepe as a surname is a transliteration of Τέπε.

Walk Tepe’s family in the name graph

TepeΤέπεTebbe

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Similar names

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

Low German

Tappe

“tap, draw, spigot”

No U.S. birth series

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Low German

Thede

Thede is a surname from Low German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Tolle

Tolle is a surname with more than one origin.

No U.S. birth series

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Dutch

Greve

“count”

No U.S. birth series

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Low German · Royal

Fiete

Fiete is a masculine given name from Low German. It is used in German.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Low German

Ficke

Ficke is a surname from Low German.

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Sasse

“saxon”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Koke

“kitchen; cake”

No U.S. birth series

71% boys · 29% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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