What does "kuiper" mean?

A surname from Dutch, Dutch surname equivalent to the English surname Cooper, from the profession cooper (“kuiper”)

What is a synonym for "kuiper"?

Common synonyms include: family name, icy belt beyond neptune, last name, outer solar system region.

/ˈkaɪpɚ/ name

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Proper Noun

1
A surname from Dutch, Dutch surname equivalent to the English surname Cooper, from the profession cooper (“kuiper”) countable
2
Gerard Kuiper (U.S. planetary astronomer) uncountable
3
An asteroid in Solar System, the 1776th asteroid registered uncountable

"A rogue asteroid from the Kuiper Belt is on a collision course with the Earth."

From Dutch Kuiper. Doublet of Cooper.