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Diaper
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diaper
English
Etymology
A variant of the surnames en Dipper and en Dyper.
Unrelated to en diaper.
Proper noun
en.
en Jonathan Swift 8 March 1712 1766 A Journal to Stella Letter 43 Lord Orrery was President to-day; but both our dukes were absent. Brother Wyndham recommended William Diaper William Diaper to the Society. I believe we shall make a contribution among ourselves, which I don't like.
en [Anonymous] 1842 The Herberts II London Saunders & Otley 135 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Herberts/DPdHE6pjh2cC At the end of the week, when, according to appointment, he waited on Mr. Diaper, he was informed laconically that he would not suit, and became aware of the extreme folly of his conduct. The sudden thought that he had spent nearly half of his capital since that day week, aroused him to a very alarming conviction of his danger. With the pardonable anxiety produced by the fear of want, he asked Mr. Diaper to favour him with an acconnt of what Mr. Wiggins had said of him, which, as a matter of course, Mr. Diaper declined doing, merely stating that the character given was not what suited.
en 1902 Walter Arthur Copinger W. A. Copinger https://archive.org/details/historyofparisho00copi History of the Parish of Buxhall in the County of Suffolk London H. Sotheran & Co. 207 So this Susan Diaper was admitted Nov. 4, 1678. She married John Welham, and her son and heir, John Welham, was admitted Nov. 14, 1701.
en 1983 Leslie Parkman North Perrott Remembered Dorset Publishing Company 0090219511 36 Sam carried the letters and parcels to these farms for many years until 1962 when his daughter Brenda and her husband, John Diaper, took over from him. He was also given a nice retirement present from these farmers.
en Neilson Kaufman 6 May 2020 Clapton Orient During WW2 w:Leyton Orient Football Club 32 https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/get.html?_Action=GetFile&_Key=Data9997&_Id=735&_DontCache=1593949675 The 5ft 8in and 11st 1lb left half Bertie Diaper Bertie Diaper was born in Woolston, Southampton, 11 February 1909. In 1928, he started his playing career with Cowes FC, Isle of Wight, where he also became known also as a fine rowing oarsman. Diaper joined Fulham in May 1933 making a further 3 League appearances before his release. https://web.archive.org/web/20250520134405/https://www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/get.html?_Action=GetFile&_Key=Data9997&_Id=735&_DontCache=1593949675 20 May 2025
Statistics
According to The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016), 844 people in Great Britain possessed this surname; in 1811, it was 510.Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure 2016 The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland Oxford University Press 9780191781797 Diaper
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