The Trippe Family Name

Ask a genealogist about Trippe and the first name they will mention is Tripp. In origin, the name means “nimble dancer, light-footed”.

• Related forms: Trip.
• Trippe adds “e” to Tripp, a small change that appeared as the name was written down.
• In the 2010 US Census, 808 Americans gave Trippe as their last name (rank 29,279). It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Trippe coat of arms

Arms linked to Tripp and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Trippe report, with a museum-style coat of arms.