# Kieffer

> The Kieffer surname: its origin (the cooper, in the dialects of Alsace, Lorraine and Luxembourg), where Kieffers live, famous Kieffers, and a guide to tracing Kieffer ancestors. Every article cites its sources.

## Topics

- [Kieffer: origin and meaning of the surname](https://kieffer.eu/en/kieffer-surname-origin/index.md): Kieffer is the cooper's name: the barrel maker's trade in the dialects of Alsace, Lorraine and Luxembourg. How the name formed, its variants, and the theories to treat with caution.
- [The cooper: the trade behind the Kieffer name](https://kieffer.eu/en/cooper-trade/index.md): Before it was a surname, Kieffer was a job: making the barrels that carried wine and beer. The craft, its many regional names, its guilds and the Alsatian wine it served.
- [Where Kieffers live: the geography of the name](https://kieffer.eu/en/where-kieffers-live/index.md): From Moselle and Alsace to Luxembourg, Germany and the Americas: where the Kieffer surname is found, with figures for France and the United States.
- [Famous Kieffers: soldiers, scholars and scientists](https://kieffer.eu/en/famous-kieffers/index.md): A D-Day commando leader, a Strasbourg orientalist, an insect specialist from Lorraine, the nurseryman behind a famous pear and a planetary geologist: Kieffers who left their mark.
- [Tracing your Kieffer ancestors: a genealogy guide](https://kieffer.eu/en/kieffer-genealogy/index.md): Where to find Kieffer records in Alsace, Moselle, Luxembourg and Germany, which spellings to search for, and the historical changes that affect the records.

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