Hupp
A surname of likely Germanic origin, probably reduced from an old short form of a personal name such as Hubert or Hugbert.
The #6,900 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 63,384 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The name is usually taken as a German surname formed from a short personal name rather than from a word meaning anything in modern English. The historical notes connect it with older Germanic name forms such as Hugbert or Hubert, where the first element relates to "mind" or "thought" and the second to "bright" or "famous." In that reading, Hupp would be a clipped or altered descendant of a given name, not a descriptive nickname.
History
The surname appears in German-language surname lists and was already present in the United States by the mid-19th century. The excerpted historical material also shows it grouped with other German forms and variants such as Hupf and Hüppl, suggesting regional spelling variation. In America, it seems to have remained a relatively uncommon surname.
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Fun fact
A 19th-century surname note explicitly links Hupp with the older German name type Hugbert/Hubert, showing how many modern surnames preserve very short fossilized forms of medieval personal names.
From the historical record
“TiMMiNY. and Zimerly. Mr. Beath lives in Braintree. Mr. GooGE died at Salem. 1646. In 1S40. Messrs. Paero, Hupp, Inloes, Pogue. Plaskett, and Kugle lived in Baltimore. Md. ; Mr. Mileage, in Augusta, Ga. ; Mr. Tunxo, at Charleston. S.C. ; and Mr. Id- dings, at Philadelphia. Mr. Umstead is a lawyer in Xew York ; and…”
— Suffolk Surnames (3rd ed.)