Clapp Family History
Clapp Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): either from Middle English clop(pe) clap(pe) ‘lump’ perhaps denoting a stocky person or Middle English clap(pe) ‘loud noise; noisy idle chatter’. Americanized form of German Klapp . In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Klep: nickname from klep ‘sharpness of scythe or sickle’ also ‘sharpening with a hammer’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022