Family name origins & meanings
- English : occupational name for a smith who worked in copper, Middle English copersmith.
- Translation of German Kupferschmidt (see Kupersmith) or any of the various Ashkenazic Jewish surnames with the same meaning, as for example Kupferschmi(e)dt, Kupfershmid(t), Kupershmid(t), Kupperschmidt, Kuperschmidt, Kupershmit.