Jepsen

JepsenPronunciation| /ˈdʒɛpsən/
German: [ˈjɛpsn̩]

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Origin
Language(s)| Danish, Norwegian
Meaning| 'Jacob's son'
Other names
Related names| Jepson, Jephson, Ibsen
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Jepsen is a Danish–Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonymous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language Jepson. It may refer to the following notable people:

## Surname

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* Aage Jepsen Sparre (1462–1540), Danish priest, Archbishop of Lund
* Allan K. Jepsen (born 1977), Danish football player
* Carly Rae Jepsen (born 1985), Canadian singer/songwriter
* George Jepsen (born 1954), Attorney General of Connecticut
* Glenn Lowell Jepsen (1903–1974), American paleontologist
* Les Jepsen (born 1967), American basketball player
* Kevin Jepsen (born 1984), American baseball player
* Maria Jepsen (born 1945), German, first woman to become a Lutheran bishop in the Evangelical Church in Germany and worldwide
* Marie Jepsen (1940–2018), Danish politician
* Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965), American, founding chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child
* Roger Jepsen (1928–2020), U.S. Senator from Iowa

## Jebsen

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* Jørg Tofte Jebsen (1888–1922), Norwegian physicist
* Peter Jebsen (1824–1892), Norwegian businessperson and politician

## See also

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* Jepson
* Ibsen

## Notes

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1. ^ Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf; Mangold, Max (2023). Duden: das Aussprachewörterbuch (in German). Vol. 6 (8 ed.). Berlin: Cornelsen. p. 498\. ISBN 978-3-411-04068-1.

Surname list

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