Peasant, serf, or wool-comber
Derived from the Middle High German word 'kempfer', it originally denoted a peasant or a serf. In some contexts, it is also linked to the occupational term for a wool-comber. As a surname-turned-first-name, it carries a sense of industriousness and historical utility.
Less common today
Kemper isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,993 in 2009.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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