Show ContentsTipler History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Tipler is a name whose ancestors lived among the Picts, a tribe in ancient Scotland. The Tipler family lived on the lands of Dipple in Morayshire where the name can be found since very early times. The name means dweller by the hollow and is originally derived from the personal name Theobald.

Early Origins of the Tipler family

The surname Tipler was first found in Moray, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Tipler family

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Tipler Spelling Variations

The appearance of the printing press and the first dictionaries in the last few hundred years did much to standardize spelling. Prior to that time scribes spelled according to sound, a practice that resulted in many spelling variations. Tipler has been spelled Dibble, Dipple, Diball, Dybell, Dyball, Dippel, Diable, Dibel, Dible, Tipple, Tippell, Tibble, Dibbs, Dibben, Dibbens and many more.

Early Notables of the Tipler family

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Tipler Ranking

In the United States, the name Tipler is the 16,312nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


New Zealand Tipler migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Tipler Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Walter Tipler, (b. 1842), aged 22, English gardener from Warwickshire travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "William Miles" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 22nd October 1864 2
  • Edmund Tipler, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Wairoa" in 1880
  • Mary Tipler, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Wairoa" in 1880


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html


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