Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (chiefly Worcestershire and West Midlands) : habitational name from Peplow in Shropshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Papelau. This may be from Old English pyppel ‘pebble’ + hlāw ‘hill’.
  • German : habitational name from Peplow in Mecklenburg.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe