Hoper: Surname History and Family Crest

Some records give Hooper; others give Hoper. Both point to the same English family name. Read literally, Hoper points to “Hoop maker for barrels”. Without the “o” of Hooper, Hoper is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Houper.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Hopper.

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