Origin and popularity of the name TOPPING

Origin

Topping : English (Lancashire):: 1: nickname from Middle English topping(e) ‘hair on the head’ probably given to someone with a distinctive head of hair or forelock. See also Topp and Topham.2: perhaps from an unrecorded Old English personal name Topping a pet form of Topp. See also Topp.3: perhaps occasionally a topographic name from Middle English topping ‘hilltop’.

Blakey : English (northern): habitational name from Blackay in Lancashire. Alternatively from Blakey (Moor and Topping) in Allerston (North Yorkshire) from Middle English blake howe ‘black mound’ (Old English blæc + Old Norse haugr).

Tapping : 1: variant of Topping with unrounding of the vowel. However it is also possible that Topping has been substituted for Tapping; see (2). 2: from the Middle English personal name *Tapping from Old English *Tæpping a pet form of the *Tæppa seen in place-names like Taplow. See also Tapp. 3: the Sussex name may be a variant of Tuppen.

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