Cuppett

English

Etymology

Alteration of the surname Coppett, from Middle English coppet, copped (literally “peaked, headed”), an adjective which also had the secondary meaning of "haughty". Thence, a nickname for a haughty person.

Middle English copped is a derivative of Middle English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), a word inherited from Old English copp (“top, summit, round head”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“crown of the head, hilltop, orb, bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌpɪt/

Proper noun

Cuppett (plural Cuppetts)

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cuppett is the 42579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 509 individuals. Cuppett is most common among White (97.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cuppett”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 395.