Top

Borrowed from Dutch and German Top.

Top (plural Tops)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Top is the 38332^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Top is most common among White (62.28%), Asian/Pacific Islander (16.61%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.32%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Top”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From the noun top. Also found in German.

Top

1. a surname

Borrowed from English top, whence also inherited Zopf (“bundle of hair”) and, from Low German, Topp (“top of the mast”).

• IPA^(key): /tɔp/

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• Homophones: top, topp, Topp

Top n (strong, genitive Tops, plural Tops)

1. (clothing) a casual women's shirt, often with very short sleeves; a top

From Old Frisian top, topp, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.

Top m

1. top; summit; peak
2. tuft