KIEFFER name

KEFER KEEFER KEFFER KEIFER KEIFFER KIFER KIEFER KIEFFER

Kupfer, Kistler, Kerfer, Kuffer -- all due to the German script of the two 'ff's', the double consonants were often used in the 18th century and before, and ... taking the name of their trade. A 'kufe' is a vat or barrel, a 'Kuffer' the person who makes them; 'Kieffer' is a dialectical spelling of the same sound as the 'u'. 'Kifferin' is the female form, as exists today in other nouns; more ... variations in the census of 1790.
Article by Richard KEEFER of DeKalb, IL, retired professor of German and French.

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