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The surname Schweppe can be classified as occupational, derived from the trade, office or profession of the first bearer of the name. In this case, Schweppe is based on "swepe," a long board nailed under the rafters of a roof, suggesting a carpenter or roofer. Or the surname Schweppe may derive from the Westphalian word "swippe," meaning "whip." In Bavaria, the name can take on the suffix "-l" creating names like Schwippl. The low German suffix "-ke" can also be added to the name, making Schwippke.
The surname Schweppe was first found in lower Germany. where the name Schweppe can be traced back to the 17th Century. Catharina Elisabeth Schweppe, was christened in Versmold, Westphalia in 1693, and Adolph Heinrich Wilhelm Schweppe in Schoetmar, Westphalia in 1789. The name was also recorded in Quedlinberg, in the Saxony-Anhalt region, as Schwippe in 1601, Schwöppe in 1605, and Schwibbe in 1708.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Schweppe, Schwepe, Schwepenhauer, Schwippe, Schwippl, Schwibbe, Schwöppe and many more.
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