Napier (family name)
Napier is a family name of English , Scottish or Polish origin. The British surname Napier is derived from a professional name for someone who sells or produces flax fiber , or from a naperer , a servant in the kitchen of a manor house. The name comes from the Middle English , old French Napier , Nappier , which is derived from the old French Nappe "table linen". The oldest occurrence of the name comes from the Winton Domesday , Peter Napier, in 1148 . The name could also be derived from the Polish surname Napierala .
Compositions
Extensions of the name Napier are Napper and Napierala.
Name bearer
A.
- Alan Napier (1903–1988), British actor
- Alex Napier , British drummer
- Alexander Napier († around 1473), Scottish administrator, diplomat and politician
- Arthur Napier (1853-1916), British philologist
B.
- Bill Napier ( William M. Napier ; * 1940), Scottish astronomer and author
- Bill Napier (clarinetist) ( James William Asbury ; 1926–2003), American jazz musician
- Buddy Napier ( Skelton Le Roy Napier ; 1889–1968), American baseball player
C.
- Charles Napier (actor) (1936–2011), American actor
- Charles James Napier (1782-1853), British general
- Charles John Napier (1786–1860), British admiral
- Claude Napier (1869– ??), British translator
D.
- Diana Napier (1905–1982), British theater and film actress
- Duncan Napier (1831-1921), British botanist
F.
- Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier (1819–1898), Scottish diplomat and colonial administrator
G
- George Thomas Napier (1784–1855), British Lieutenant General
- Graham Napier (* 1980), English cricketer
H
- Henry Edward Napier (1789-1853), British naval officer and historian
I.
- Ian Napier (1895–1977), British pilot
- Irene Napier (* 1953), Scottish makeup artist
J
- James Napier (* 1982), New Zealand actor.
- James Napier (* 1984), British songwriter, record producer and singer, see Jimmy Napes
- Jessica Napier (born 1979), New Zealand actress
- John Napier (1550–1617), Scottish mathematician and naturalist
- John Napier (actor) (1926–2008), American actor
- John Napier (soccer player) (born 1946), Northern Irish soccer player
- John Napier (bobsleigh driver) (* 1986), American bobsleigh driver
- John Light Napier (* 1947), American politician
- John Russell Napier (1917–1987), British zoologist, paleoanthropologist and doctor
- Joseph Napier (1804-1882), Irish politician
L.
- Lonnie Napier (* 1940), American politician
M.
- Macvey Napier (1776–1847), Scottish lawyer and editor
- Marita Napier (1939-2004), South African opera singer (soprano)
- Mark Napier (historian) (1798–1879), Scottish historian
- Mark Napier , a pseudonym of John Laffin (1922–2000), Australian historian, journalist and writer
- Mark Napier (ice hockey player) (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
- Mark Napier (artist) (born 1961), American artist
- Marshall Napier (born 1951), New Zealand actor
- Mick Napier , American actor and director
- Montague Stanley Napier (1870–1931), British entrepreneur, designer and automobile pioneer
N
- Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier (1930–2012), Scottish soldier and courtier
- Nigel Napier-Andrews (* 1942), British-Canadian television producer and director
O
- Oliver Napier (1935–2011), Northern Irish politician
P
- Phillip Morris Napier , American politician
- Richard Napier (1559–1634), British astrologer
- Priscilla Napier (1908–1998), English biographer
- Prudence Hero Napier (1916–1997), British primatologist
R.
- Richard Napier (1559–1634), English astrologer and doctor
- Robert Napier (judge) († 1615), English judge
- Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Luton Hoo (1560–1637), English merchant
- Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet (around 1603–1661), British politician
- Robert Napier, 1st Baronet of Punknoll (1642–1700), British lawyer and politician
- Robert Napier (officer) († 1766), British officer
- Robert Napier (engineer) (1791–1876), Scottish naval engineer
- Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810–1890), British Field Marshal
- Robert Napier (actor) , actor
- Robina Napier , British translator and antiquarian
- Russell Napier (1910–1974), Australian actor
S.
- Shabazz Napier (born 1991), American basketball player
- Sheena Napier (* 20th century), British costume designer
- Simon Napier-Bell (* 1939), English musician and manager
- Sue Napier (1948-2010), Tasmanian politician
- Susan Napier ( Susan Napier Potter ; * 1954), New Zealand writer
- Susan J. Napier ( Susan Jolliffe Napier ; * 1955), American Japanologist
T
- Thomas Napier (philanthropist) (1802-1881), Scottish philanthropist
W.
- Wilfrid Fox Napier (* 1941), South African clergyman, Archbishop of Durban
- William Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834), British naval officer, politician and diplomat
- William Napier (General) (1818–1903), British general
- William Napier (Admiral) (1877–1951), British admiral
- William Napier, 13th Lord Napier (1900–1954), Scottish nobleman, politician and military man
- William Napier , pseudonym of Christopher Hart (* 1965), British writer
- William Ewart Napier (1881–1952), American chess player of British origin
- William Francis Patrick Napier (1785–1860), British lieutenant general and military historian
- William M. Napier (* 1940), British astronomer and author, see Bill Napier
Fictional people
- Jack Napier , villain from Batman , see Joker (cartoon character)
- Carson Napier , hero of the series Venus
- Declan Napier , character from neighbors (TV series)
- Rebecca Napier , character from neighbors (TV series)
- Sean Napier , character from Exosquad
Footnotes
- ^ A b Napier Name Meaning and History . In: Ancestry.com . Retrieved March 3, 2009.
- ↑ Percy Hilde Reaney, Richard Middlewood Wilson: A Dictionary of English Namen (), 3rd Edition, Routledge, London 2006, ISBN 0-203-99355-1 , p. 2240.