Bopp Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Bopp is usually a form of Popp. It grew out of a personal name: “From the old personal name Poppo”. Spelled with “b” instead of “p”, Bopp shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Related forms: Poppe and Popper.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bopp, so the heraldry linked to Popp is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Bopp family name pack.