Last name origins & meanings:
- Swedish: from rapp ‘quick’, ‘prompt’; a soldier’s name,
one of the monothematic names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century,
before surnames became general in Sweden.
- German: from
Middle High German rapp, rabe ‘raven’ (German
Rabe), hence a nickname for someone with black hair, or some
other supposed resemblance to the bird. Compare Raven. In some
cases the surname may have arisen from a house name, thus denoting
someone who lived in a house distinguished by the sign of a raven.
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