Surname
Zipf
“peak, corner, point”
Zipf is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zipf goes back to a word, meaning “peak, corner, point.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Zipf’s family of names
In German usage, Zipf as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form Tip. In English usage, Zipf as a surname has a related form in ZIPP.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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