Soaper: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Arms linked to Soper and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

If your family name is Soaper, its origin lies with Soper, an English surname. The family name meaning is “A maker or seller of soap”, the same as for Soper.

Soaper is listed among the recognised spellings of Soper. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Sopster.

Want more than a summary? See the Soaper family name pack.