| ![Show Contents]() Pap History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of PapWhat does the name Pap mean? The Pap surname comes from the Middle English word "pope," derived from the Latin "papa," which meant "bishop," or "pope." As a surname, it may have denote someone "who played the part of the Pope in pageants and plays." 1 2 "Some of the earlier forms, particularly those with an English Christian name may be from Old English paepa 'pope' which became Middle English pope and survives as Pope. Those with the article and French Christian names are from Old French pape 'pope'. A nickname for one of an austere, ascetic appearance, or a pageant-name." 3 Early Origins of the Pap familyThe surname Pap was first found in Cambridgeshire, where Agnes and Hugo le Pope were recorded around the year 1230. Further to the south in England, the spellings Pap, Papp, Pappe and Paps were popular. Here we found Nicholas Pappe in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1279 and later Walter Pap in 1301 and Roger Pappe in Cambridgeshire in 1357. 3 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 include entries for Alan le Pope, Oxfordshire; and Hugh le Pope, Suffolk. 4 In Somerset, Robert le Pope was recorded there, 1 Edward III (during the first year of King Edward III's reign.) 5 "Between 1372 and 1407, eight of the bailiffs of Gloucester bore the name of Pope (F.). The name is still in that city." 6 Early History of the Pap familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pap research. Another 187 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1327, 1377, 1393, 1397, 1400, 1507, 1535, 1543, 1545, 1547, 1558, 1559, 1573, 1585, 1595, 1596, 1598, 1603, 1611, 1622, 1624, 1627, 1628, 1631, 1640, 1660, 1688, 1714, 1744 and 1782 are included under the topic Early Pap History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pap Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Pope, Paip, Pape, Paipe, Popp, Pap, Papp and many more. Early Notables of the Pap familyThomas Pope (died 1400), from Gloucester, an English politician, Member of the Parliament for Gloucester in 1393 and 1397; Sir Thomas Pope (1507-1559), English founder of Trinity College, Oxford, elder son of William Pope, a small landowner at Deddington, near Banbury; and Walter Pope (c. 1627-1714), an English astronomer and poet from Northamptonshire.
Sir William Pope (1573-1631) of Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, was made knight of the Bath in 1603, and a Baronet in 1611. His son Sir William Pope (1596-1624) had three sons. The eldest was Sir Thomas Pope, Earl of...
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| Pap migration to the United States | + |
Pap Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Charles Pap, who landed in Texas in 1859 7
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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