Pepper Family History
Pepper Name Meaning
English and North German: from Middle English peper piper Middle Low German peper ‘pepper’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer; alternatively it may be a nickname for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with a fiery temper or for a dark-haired man (from the color of a peppercorn) or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent. Irish: variant of Peppard . Americanized form of Jewish Pfeffer Feffer or Fefer all meaning ‘pepper’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022