Napier

in the US

There are 15,781 people with the last name "Napier" in the United States.

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Napier 1,733
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  1. is 1,729th most common Hedrick
  2. is 1,730th most common Hutton
  3. is 1,731st most common Sands
  4. is 1,732nd most common Mchugh
  5. is 1,733rd most common Napier
  6. is 1,734th most common Rosenthal
  7. is 1,735th most common Dang
  8. is 1,736th most common Bateman
  9. is 1,737th most common Spangler


Meaning & History

Scottish: occupational name for a producer or seller of table linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin mappa). Compare Napper.

Shortened form of Polish Napierala or a similar name.

FOREBEARS An extensive Scottish family called Napier, who once held the earldom of Lennox, are descended from the hereditary naperers to the Kings of Scotland in the 12th century.


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