Jepsen
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Jepsen is a Danish
-Norwegian
patronymic
surname meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonynous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language
Jepson
. Jepsen may refer to:
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
-Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonynous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Jepson
Jepson
Jepson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "Geoffrey’s son". The prefix, Jep, is also the diminutive given name. The surname Jepson has alternate spellings, including the Scandinavian Jepsen. The given name Jepson is rare...
. Jepsen may refer to:
Surname
- Aage Jepsen SparreAage Jepsen SparreAage Jepsen Sparre was a Danish priest who was archbishop of Lund from 1523 to 1532.Sparre enrolled at the University of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1483 and graduated in 1490.-References:...
(1462 - 1540), Danish priest, Archbishop of Lund - Allan Kierstein JepsenAllan Kierstein JepsenAllan Kierstein Jepsen is a Danish former professional football player. He played as a left back for a number of clubs, spending most of his career with Aalborg Boldspilklub...
(b. 1977), Danish football player - Carly Rae JepsenCarly Rae JepsenCarly Rae Jepsen is a Juno-nominated Canadian singer/songwriter from Mission, B.C..In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.-Career:...
, Canadian singer/songwriter and contestant on Canadian IdolCanadian IdolCanadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show Pop Idol. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons... - Les JepsenLes JepsenLeslie Burnell "Les" Jepsen is a retired American professional basketball player who had a brief career in the National Basketball Association during the early 1990s....
(b. 1967), American professional basketball player - Kevin JepsenKevin JepsenKevin Martin Jepsen is an Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is 6'3", 215 lbs...
(b. 1984), American professional baseball player and 2008 OlympianOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate... - Maria JepsenMaria JepsenMaria Jepsen was the bishop of Hamburg in the North Elbian Evangelical Church. She became the first Lutheran female bishop in the Evangelical Church in Germany and worldwide on 4 April 1992, and since then she has been re-elected for a second ten-year period.She resigned on 16 July 2010 due to...
(b. 1945), German, first Lutheran woman bishop in the Evangelical Church in Germany and worldwide - Mary Lou JepsenMary Lou JepsenMary Lou Jepsen is founder and CEO of Pixel Qi, a manufacturer of low-cost, low-power LCD screens for laptops. She was the first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child .- Early life and education :...
(b. 1965), American, founding chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child - Roger JepsenRoger JepsenRoger William Jepsen is an American politician from the state of Iowa. A Republican, he served in the United States Senate.-Biography :...
(b. 1928), American politician - Fernando Iepsen (b. 1960), Brazil, politician and professional electrical