When Simon Popp was born on 3 May 1797, his father, Georg Adam Popp, was 28 and his mother, Magdalena Christina Hertlein, was 24. He died on 24 October 1797, at the age of 0.
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German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Poppo, Boppo, of uncertain origin and meaning, perhaps originally a nursery name or a short form of a personal name such as Bodobert, composed of the elements bod ‘messenger, leader’ (see Bodo ) + berht ‘bright, famous’, thus meaning ‘famous leader’. It was a hereditary personal name among the counts of Henneberg and Babenberg in East Franconia between the 9th and 14th centuries. This surname is also found in Czechia and Poland (compare 3 below).
English: from the Middle English male personal name Poppe (Old English Poppa), of uncertain origin.
Altered form of Rusyn and possibly also of Czech, Polish, and Croatian Pop . This form of the surname is also found in Hungary.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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