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Lepp is a common Mennonite name of Prussian or Dutch background. The name appeared in [[Heubuden (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Heubuden]], [[Tiegenhagen (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tiegenhagen]], [[Ladekopp (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Ladekopp]], [[Rosenort Mennonite Church (Rosenort, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Rosenort]], [[Neunhuben (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Neunhuben]], etc. It is first recorded in [[Orlofferfelde (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Orlofferfelde ]]in 1601. From Prussia the name spread to [[Russia|Russia]] and [[North America|North America]]. It is likely that the name Leppke found in [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] circles in the [[United States of America|United States]] is of different background. [[Lepp, Peter Heinrich (1817-1871)|Peter H. Lepp]], the pioneer Mennonite industrialist of [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza]], was a well-known member of the family. [[Lepp, Aron (1827-1913)|Aron Lepp]] was an elder of the Mennonite Brethren Church at [[Einlage (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Einlage]]. [[Lepp, Eduard Hermann (1850-1926)|Eduard H. Lepp]] was a significant member of the Mennonite church of Danzig. Hermann P. Lepp was pastor of the Mennonite church at Harrow, Ontario.
= Bibliography =
Reimer, Gustav E. <em>Die Familiennamen der westpreussischen Mennoniten.</em> Weierhof, 1940: 113.
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