Släkthistoria för Tupp
Tupp Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English tup(pe) tope top(pe) ‘ram male sheep’ (compare Anglo-Norman French tup toup). The nickname was possibly given to a sexually overactive man or (as in modern dialect) to a stupid person. Compare Topp (ii).alternatively from Middle English top(e) ‘hair on the top of the head forelock’ (Anglo-Norman French toup tupe). See Topp (i).in N and E England alternatively perhaps a variant of Toop (2); compare Topp (iii).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
