Kopp (family name)
Kopp is a family name.
Origin and meaning
The name form Kopp can go back to the first name Jakob or is a Low German variant of Middle Low German kop "head, cupping head " or kop (pe) "cup, drinking vessel". Another, but less common, possibility is the formation of Middle High German Koppe "Rabe" or "Koppe" " Kapaun ". Finally, the family name can have been formed as a name of origin from the place name Kopp ( Kopp in the Vulkaneifel or Kopp in Bavaria).
variants
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf M. Kopp (* 1962), German manager
- Alfred Kopp (1919–2006), Mayor of Rheinstetten / Neuburgweier
- Alois Kopp (1827–1891), Swiss politician and judge
- Andreas Kopp (* 1959), German-Dutch painter
- Annette Kopp-Schneider (* 1960), German biostatistician at the German Cancer Research Center
- Anton Kopp (theologian) (1796–1870), German theologian
- Anton Kopp (soccer player) (* 1966), German soccer player
- Arthur Kopp (librarian) (1860–1918), German librarian, folklorist and song researcher
- Arthur Kopp (politician) (1863 – after 1918), German manor owner and member of the German Reichstag
- Arthur W. Kopp (1874–1967), American politician
- August Kopp (1887–1970), German Protestant theologian
B.
- Barbara Kopp (* 1964), Swiss journalist
- Beatrix Kopp (1868–1940), German Benedictine and abbess of the Säben monastery
C.
- Carl Boromäus Kopp (1854-1917), German actor
- Carl Christoph Kopp (actually Johann Christoph Friedrich Kopp ; 1795–1866), German lawyer and politician
- Carl Philipp Kopp (1728–1777), German lawyer
- Christian Kopp (* 1964), German Lutheran clergyman, senior church councilor
- Christiane Kopp (* 1968), German photo model
- Christine Kopp (* 1967), Swiss mountaineer, author and translator
- Clara Kopp (1805–1883), founder of the German order
D.
- David Kopp (* 1979), German racing cyclist
- Dennis D. Kopp (* 1943), American entomologist
E.
- Elisabeth Kopp (* 1936), Swiss politician
- Elmar Kopp (1929–2020), Austrian painter and sculptor
- Emil Kopp (chemist) (1817–1875), German chemist
- Emil Kopp (architect) (1848–1928), German architect
- Emil Schumacher-Kopp (1850–1927), Swiss chemist
- Emil Kopp (pharmacist) (1887–1942), Swiss pharmacist
- Erich Kopp (* 1937), German engineering scientist
- Ernst Kopp (architect) (1890–1962), German architect
- Ernst Kopp (politician) (* 1954), German politician (SPD)
- Erwin Kopp (1877–1928), German actor, radio play speaker and theater director
- Eugen Kopp (1903–1993), German gymnastics coach
F.
- Ferdinand O. Kopp (1932–1995), German constitutional law teacher
- Franz Kopp (1909–1933), German SA man, Franz-Kopp-Strasse was named after him from 1937 to 1947
- Franz Karl Basler-Kopp (1879–1937), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Franz Otto Kopp (1937–2015), German engineer
- Fridolin Kopp (1691–1757), Swiss Benedictine, prince abbot of Muri
- Fridtjof Kopp (* 1971), German lawyer and university professor for private business law
- Friedrich Kopp (historian) (1908 – after 1944), German historian, Nazi propagandist
- Friedrich Kopp (entrepreneur) (1928–2015), Austrian entrepreneur and company founder, Kopp Vakuumtechnik
- Fritz Kopp (entrepreneur, 1880) (1880–1957), German entrepreneur and company founder
- Fritz Kopp (entrepreneur, 1899) ( Fritz Kopp-Dober ; 1899–1980), Swiss entrepreneur and company founder, see Fuga AG
G
- Georg von Kopp (1837–1914), German clergyman, Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- Georg Kopp (musician) (around 1600–1666), German church musician
- Georg Kopp (archivist) (1894–1974), German archivist
- Georges Kopp (1902–1951), Belgian engineer and interbrigadist
- Gottlob Kopp (1895–1970), German painter and chamber official
- Gudrun Kopp (politician, 1940) (* 1940), German politician (FDP), MdL Lower Saxony
- Gudrun Kopp (politician, 1950) (* 1950), German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Guido Kopp (anti-fascist) (1896–1971), German KPD activist and Spain fighter , imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps
- Guido Kopp (soccer player) (1966–2019), German soccer player
H
- Hans Kopp (1847–1915), German engineer, entrepreneur and politician
- Hans Kopp (wrestler) (* 1949), Swiss wrestler
- Hansjörg Kopp (* 1972), pastor of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg
- Hans-Ulrich Kopp (* 1962), German publicist
- Hans W. Kopp (1931–2009), Swiss lawyer, moderator and politician (FDP)
- Harald Kopp (1923–1994), Austrian publishing director and cabaret artist
- Hedwig Kopp , known as Hedda Koppé (1896–1990), Swiss actress
- Heinrich Kopp (painter) (1869–1922), German painter and graphic artist
- Hermann Kopp (chemist) (1817–1892), German chemist and author
- Hermann Kopp (party functionary) (* 1943), German party functionary (DKP) and author
- Hermann Kopp (musician) (* 1954), German musician, composer and translator
- Horst Kopp (* 1943), German geographer and university professor
I.
- Ina-Alice Kopp (* 1981), Austrian actress
J
- Jakob Kopp (politician) (1786–1859), Swiss politician and judge
- Jakob Kopp (poet) (1871–1960), Austrian poet and draftsman
- Jakob Kopp (sculptor) (* 1930), Austrian sculptor
- James Charles Kopp (born 1954), American murderer
- Jan Kopp (artist) (* 1970), German sculptor
- Jan Kopp (composer) (* 1971), German composer, musicologist and publicist
- Jochen Kopp (* 1966), German publisher
- Johann Kopp (politician) (1860–1942), Austrian politician (DNP)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Kopp , real name of Carl Christoph Kopp (1795–1866), German lawyer and politician
- Johann Franz von Kopp (1775–1849), royal Prussian major general
- Johann Heinrich Kopp (1777–1858), German physician and natural scientist
- Johann Heinz Kopp (* 1942), German diplomat
- Johannes Kopp (master builder) (1734–1796), German master builder and construction clerk
- Johannes Kopp (Pallottine) (1927–2016), German Pallottine priest
- Johannes Kopp (sociologist) (* 1961), German sociologist and university professor
- Josef Kopp (1827–1907), Austrian lawyer and politician
- Josef Kopp (geologist) (1897–1977), Swiss geologist
- Josef Vital Kopp (1906–1966), Swiss theologian and writer
- Joseph Kopp (1788–1842), German classical philologist and philosopher
- Joseph von Kopp (1829–1911), German administrative officer
- Joseph Eutych Kopp (1793–1866), Swiss historian, poet and politician
- Julius Kopp (1823–1892), Bavarian Royal District Court Director and Royal Appeal Judge
- Jürgen Kopp (1956–2014), German organ builder
K
- Karl Kopp (politician) (1810–1863), Austrian politician and member of the state parliament
- Karl Kopp (sculptor) (1825–1897), German sculptor
- Karl Kopp (singer) (1854-1917), German folk singer and entertainer
- Karl Kopp (dermatologist) (1855–1912), German dermatologist and venereologist
- Karl Kopp (entrepreneur) , German shoe manufacturer
- Karl Kopp (soccer player) (1919–?), German soccer player
- Karl Alois Kopp (1850–1932), Swiss provost, rector, librarian and book printing historian
- Karl August Kopp (1836–1897), German lawyer and civil servant
- Karl Friedrich von Kopp (1764–1837), Foreign Minister of the Electorate of Hesse
- Karl-Otto Kopp (* 1926), German geologist
- Karl Wilhelm von Kopp (1770–1844), German politician
- Klaus Kopp (* 1937), German lawyer and local researcher
L.
- Leo S. Kopp (1858–1927), German-Colombian beer brewer
- Leopold Arthur Kopp (1863–1918), German manor owner and politician, MdR, see Arthur Kopp
- Ludwig Kopp (before 1850–?), German shoe manufacturer
M.
- Magdalena Kopp (1948–2015), German terrorist
- Mandy Kopp (* 1976), German author and victim of child prostitution
- Manfred Kopp (* 1933), German Protestant theologian, lecturer and local researcher
- Maria Kopp (1888–1944), Swiss Dr.hc.
- Martin Kopp (1875–1952), German film producer
- Matthias Kopp (* 1968), German theologian, archaeologist and journalist
- Max Kopp (1891–1984), Swiss architect
- Michaela Kopp-Marx (* 1963), German literary scholar
- Mila Kopp (1904–1973), Austrian actress
N
- Nikolaus Kopp (1903–1979), German politician (CDU)
- Norbert Kopp (* 1954), German politician (CDU)
O
- Otto Kopp (painter) (1879–1947), German painter and graphic artist
- Otto Kopp (politician) (1903–1972), Swiss politician (SP)
P
- Paul Kopp (1900–1984), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Peter Kopp (photographer) (1864–1939), Swiss photographer
- Peter Kopp (* 1967), German choir director and conductor
R.
- Rahel Kopp (* 1994), Swiss ski racer
- Regina Kopp-Herr (* 1957), German politician (SPD)
- Reiner Kopp (* 1939), German engineering scientist
- Reinhold Kopp (* 1949), German politician
- Robert Kopp (* 1939), Swiss literary scholar
- Roland Kopp (* 1965), German soccer player
- Rudolf Kopp (* 1934), German genealogist and local history researcher
- Rudolph G. Kopp (1887–1972), Austrian film composer
S.
- Sheldon B. Kopp (1929-1999), American psychotherapist
- Stefan Kopp (* 1985), Austrian Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- Stephan Kopp (1941–1975), Swiss civil engineer ETH
- Sven Kopp (* 1995), German soccer player
T
- Theodor Kopp (1871–1937), German composer
- Theobald Kopp (1892–1943), Bessarabian Catholic clergyman and victim of Stalinism
- Thomas Kopp (1906–1993), German teacher and local researcher
- Thomas J. Kopp (* 1955), engineer and university professor for thermodynamics
- Tim Kopp (* 1999), German Nordic combined athlete
U
- Ulrich Friedrich Kopp (1762–1834), German lawyer and paleographer
V
- Valentin Kopp (* 1997), German ice hockey player
- Viktor Kopp (1880–1930), Soviet diplomat
- Vital Kopp (1851–1933), Swiss professor and school principal
W.
- Waldemar Kopp (1825–1881), German high school teacher, writer and textbook author
- Walter Kopp (painter) (1877– ??), German painter
- Walter Kopp (politician) (1879–1949), Swiss politician
- Walter Kopp (race theorist) (1910− ??), German lawyer and race theorist
- Walter Kopp (officer) (1913–1974), German lieutenant colonel
- Walter Kopp (sculptor) (* 1941), German sculptor
- Werner Kopp (1902–2000), Swiss swimmer and water polo player
- Wilhelm Kopp (physician) (around 1461–1532), Swiss physician
- Wilhelm Kopp (politician) (1770–1844), German lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Wilhelm Kopp (pastor) (1856–1910), German pastor
- Wilhelm Kopp (General) (1881–1949), German major general
- Wilhelm Kopp (Admiral) (1882–1963), German rear admiral
- William F. Kopp (1869–1938), American politician
- Wolfgang Kopp (* 1945), German brigadier general
Z
- Zenta Kopp (* 1933), German athlete
See also
Wiktionary: Kopp - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b doose.ca; to: Rosa and Volker Kohlheim: Duden family names ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
