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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin unidentified. Perhaps an Americanized spelling of North German Wiepke, a short form of Wiebert (see Wieber), or a metronymic from the Frisian personal name Wiebke (from Wigburg).

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