Raper Family History
Raper Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Durham): northern variant of Roper . In southern dialects of English Old English -ā- became Middle English -ō- whereas in Yorkshire -a- was preserved and gave rise to this form of the surname. Possibly also an altered form of German Röper or Röber (see Roeber ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022