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Kipling


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Origin Of The Surname Kipling

Meaning Of The Surname Kipling

From the Town of Cyypel

Interesting Facts About Kipling

Kipling is a locational surname, originating from one of any places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name Kipling comes from the Old English first name Cyypel, and would have been given as a name to settlement originally lived in by the follower of a person with this name. Rudyard Kipling the English author is a famous bearer of this surname.

Kipling Statistics

Kipling is the number 1615 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,397 share the surname Kipling in the UK.

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