Kuperus

Kuperus and Cuperus are Latinized versions of the common Dutch surname Kuiper (and spelling variations) meaning cooper. This process was most common in the province of Friesland.[1] One family changed the spelling from Cuperus to Couperus in the 19th century.[2]

Kuperus

  • Harmen Kuperus (born 1977), Dutch football goalkeeper
  • Max Kuperus (born 1936), Dutch astronomer, professor of astrophysics at Utrecht University
    • 9692 Kuperus, a Main Belt asteroid named after him
  • Nicola Kuperus (fl. 2003), American musician

Cuperus

  • Nicolaas Cupérus [de; fr; nl; pt] (1842–1928), Belgian politician and gymnastics promoter
  • Watse Cuperus (1891–1966), Dutch journalist, writer and translator

Couperus

  • Elisabeth Couperus-Baud (1867–1960), Dutch translator, wife of Louis
  • John Ricus Couperus (1816–1902), Dutch lawyer in the Dutch East Indies, father of Louis
  • Louis Couperus (1863–1923), Dutch novelist and poet; one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature

See also

  • Kuperus (disambiguation)
  • Kuipers, variant of surname Kuiper
  • Cuypers, variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers
  • Kuijpers, variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers
  • Kuypers, variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers

References

  1. ^ Cuperus and Kuperus at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. ^ Couperus at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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