Kepler
KEP-luhr
German surname
"hooded cloak"Share
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Updated Fri Nov 15 2024
Kepler Origin and Meaning
The name Kepler is a boy's name meaning "hooded cloak".
Seventeenth-century German polymath Johannes Kepler discovered the laws of planetary notion, along with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. A handful of parents use his last name for their sons every year -- with good reason. It's a solid-feeling but unique name with a great, aspirational namesake.