Family name origins & meanings Dutch : from coppel ‘yoke’, ‘band’, ‘tie’ + man ‘man’, an occupational name for a yoke maker or perhaps a nickname for a matchmaker.North German (Koppelmann) and Dutch : from a derivative of Koppel ‘common land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : elaborated form of Koppel, with Yiddish man ‘man’.