Kopel Family History14-Day Free TrialKopel Name MeaningDutch: from Middle Dutch coppel ‘measure of dry goods’, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a merchant. Dutch: from Middle Dutch coppel (Middle Low German koppel) ‘common pasture’, probably a topographic name for someone who lived by common land. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name kopl, from the German form of the Biblical name Jacob. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University PressSimilar surnames: Koppel, Kogel, Koper, Kopec, Kozel, Kober, Kobel, Kuper, Topel, Kopf