What is the origin of the name Roper?
1: English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name from Middle English roper(e) ‘maker or seller of rope’. See Roop.2: North German (Röper): occupational name for a town crier from an agent derivative of [...]
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What is the origin of the name Roper?
1: English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name from Middle English roper(e) ‘maker or seller of rope’. See Roop.2: North German (Röper): occupational name for a town crier from an agent derivative of [...]