Lips

See also: lips and LIPs

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Lips, from a reduced form of the personal name Philips.

Proper noun

Lips (plural Lipses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lips is the 37029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Lips is most common among White (92.7%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lips”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 445.