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The skipper Surname

skipper Name Meaning and History

  1. occupational name for the master of a ship, Middle English skipper (from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper).
  2. from an agent derivative of Middle English skip(en) ‘to jump or spring’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), hence an occupational name for an acrobat or professional tumbler, or nickname for a high-spirited person.
  3. occupational name for a basket-maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English skipp(e), skepp(e) ‘basket’, ‘hamper’ (Old Norse skeppa).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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skipper Family Facts

Distribution of skipper Families in the US in 1920
Number of skipper families
 71-140
 24-70		 1-23
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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