Cimbrian use
Source-reporteda diminutive of the male given name Josef, from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joe
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- Sèpp — Cimbrian definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Sèpp is a masculine given name documented in Cimbrian.
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a diminutive of the male given name Josef, from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joe
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Sepp— “addition”
Not to be behindhand in devotion, the Emperor Leopold christened his son Joseph, and thus recommended it to all his subjects; and, perhaps, the Tyrol is the greatest of all the strongholds of the Josephs, the name being there called by its last syllable in all endearing varieties, Sepp, Sepperl, &c.; while the Swiss, on the other side, have Sipp and Sippli. Maria Josepha was a daughter of Maria Theresa, and these two are seldom separated in Germany, Italy, or France; but as…
Not to be behindhand in devotion, the Emperor Leopold christened his son Joseph, and thus recommended it to all his subjects; and, perhaps, the Tyrol is the greatest of all the strongholds of the Josephs, the name being there called by its last syllable in all endearing varieties, Sepp, Sepperl, &c.; while the Swiss, on the other side, have Sipp and Sippli. Maria Josepha was a daughter of Maria Theresa, and these two are seldom separated in Germany, Italy, or France; but as Maria forms part of the name of every Roman Catholic woman, and of most men, the second name is the one for use. Marie Josephe Rose was the Christian name of her whom we know and pity as the Empress Josephine, and to whom it is owing that France was once full of young ladies usually called Fifine or Finette; while the rougher damsels of Lucerne are content to be Boppi in familiar life.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter II (Patriarchal Names), Section VI (Joseph) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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