Schipper Family History
Schipper Name Meaning
Dutch North German and Flemish: occupational name for a boatman or (in German) a shipbuilder from an agent derivative of schip ‘ship’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a shovel maker or a digger from German Schippe ‘shovel spade’ + the agent suffix -er.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022