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Kemp.

A surname

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/kɛmp/

  1. A surname

    countable · uncountable

  2. A placename An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  3. A placename An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  4. A placename A small town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  5. A placename A small city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.

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Where this word comes from

* As an English, Scottish, Dutch, and north/Low German surname, from the noun kemp (“champion, warrior”), similar to Kampf. * As a Dutch and West Flemish occupational surname, from Middle Dutch canep (“hemp”) (see modern hennep). * Also as a Dutch surname Van der Kemp, Brabantine variant of Van der Kamp, from van (“of”) + der (“the”) + kamp (“camp”), related to the first sense above. The place names are from the surname.

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