What is the name meaning of NAPIER. Phrases containing NAPIER
See name meanings and uses of NAPIER!NAPIER
NAPIER
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
In Charge of Royal Linens
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier. Compare Scottish Napier.Dutch : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch nappen ‘prick’, ‘sting’, ‘bite’.Dutch : occupational name from an agent derivative of nap ‘cup’, denoting a turner who made cups, dishes, and bowls.Altered spelling of German Knapper.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock (see Knapp), or habitational name for someone from a place named with this word.English : possibly a variant spelling of Napper, a variant of Napier.German (also Knäpper) : habitational name from either of two places in Westphalia named Knapp.German (Knäpper) : unflattering nickname from an agent derivative of knappen ‘to be stingy’ or, in some places, ‘to grab or snatch’.
NAPIER
NAPIER
Female
Finnish
 Short form of Finnish Helleena, probably HELLE means "torch." Compare with other forms of Helle.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Who Strives with Pertinacity of Purpose; One who Makes the People Obtain the Divine Wisdom by Reducing the Ignorance; One who Strives with Pertinacity of Purpose
Boy/Male
Tamil
The invincible
Girl/Female
Indian
One of great courage, Boldness
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Iris; Eyes as Bright as Stars
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
Loading, weighty'.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil
Righteous; Decent
Female
Russian
(ЕвдокиÑ) Bulgarian and Russian form of Greek Eudokia, EVDOKIYA means "good-seeming."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Honors
NAPIER
NAPIER
NAPIER
NAPIER
NAPIER
n.
The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.
a.
Alt. of Naperian
n.
One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.