Kemper

See also: kemper

English

Proper noun

Kemper

1. A surname.
2. the Breton name for Quimper, France (see Breton language entry below).
3. An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States.

Derived terms

• Kemper County

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton kemper (“confluent”), from Proto-Celtic *kom-bero- (“confluence”), from *kom- (“with”) + *bereti (“to carry”).

Proper noun

Kemper

1. Quimper (a city, the prefecture of the department of the Finistère, Brittany, France)

   Holonym: Penn-ar-Bed

Descendants

• → French: Quimper