From the hill of Cyppas people
An English habitational surname referring to a person from Kiplin in North Yorkshire. The place name is derived from the Old English personal name Cyppa combined with the suffix -ingas, meaning 'people of'. It is most famously associated with the literary legacy of Rudyard Kipling.
Less common today
Kipling isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,588 in 2017.
Nobel Prize-winning author of 'The Jungle Book'
American artist and illustrator
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
