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Napier is a surname with an English, Scottish or Polish origin. The British surname ''Napier'' is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible for the washing and storage of linen in a medieval household. The surname is derived from the Middle English, Old French ''napier'', ''nappier'' which is a derivative of the Old French ''nappe'' meaning "table cloth".〔 The earliest occurrences of the surname is of a Peter ''Napier'' in 1148 in the Winton Domesday; Ralph (le) ''Naper'', ''le Napier'' in 1167–71; and Reginald ''le Nappere'' in 1225. The surname can also be a shortened form of the Polish surname ''Napierala''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Napier Name Meaning and History )〕 ==People== * Alan Napier (1903–1988), actor who played Alfred the Butler in the television series ''Batman'' * Sir Albert Edward Alexander Napier, (1881–1973), British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department, 1944 - 1954 * Alex Napier (musician), musician, formerly a drummer for the band Uriah Heep * Sir Alexander Napier, 2nd Laird of Merchistoun (died c. 1473-4), Scottish administrator, diplomat and member of the Scottish Parliament * Sir Archibald Napier (1534–1608), Scottish landowner and official, master of the Scottish mint and seventh Laird of Merchiston. * Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, the 9th Laird Napier of Merchiston (c. 1576–1645), Scottish politician and judge * Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier (c. 1625–1660), Scottish peer and royalist * Arthur Sampson Napier (1853-1916), British academic * Bill Napier (William M. Napier, born 1940), Scottish astronomer and author * Buddy Napier (Skelton Le Roy "Buddy" Napier), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Charles Elers Napier (1812–1847), British naval officer * Charles "Charlie" Edward Napier (born 1910), Scottish footballer * Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853), British general * Sir Charles Napier (1786–1860), Scottish admiral of the Royal Navy * Charles Napier (1936–2011), American actor * Sir Charles Napier Inn, an 18th-century pub in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England * Charles Napier (aviator) (1892–1918), World War I flying ace * Claude Napier, British translator of Scandinavian * David Napier (automotive engineer) (1785–1873), Scottish engineer * David Napier (marine engineer) (1790–1869), Scottish marine engineer * David Napier (director), director of ''The War of Jenkins Ear'' * Diana Napier (1905–1982), British film actor * Duncan Napier, Victorian botanist and herbalist * Elma Napier (1892–1973), Scottish-born writer and politician who lived most of her life in the Caribbean island of Dominica * Findlay Napier, (born 1978), Scottish musician, guitarist and songwriter * Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (1758-1823), British peer and army officer * Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick (1819 – 1898) * George Napier (1751–1804), British Army officer * George Thomas Napier (1784–1855), George Napier's son, also a British Army officer, Governor of the Cape * George Napper (1550–1610) or Napier, English Roman Catholic priest and martyr * Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet (1606–1673), of Middle Marsh and Moor Crichel in Dorset, English Member of Parliament, Royalists during the English Civil War * Graham Napier (born 1980), English cricketer * Henry Edward Napier, another of George Napier's sons, naval officer and historian. * Ian Napier (aviator), World War I flying ace * Irene Napier (born 1953), Scottish film and television Make-up artist * Jack Napier (porn star) (born 1976), Puerto Rican pornographic actor * James Napier (chemist) (1810–1884), Scottish chemist and antiquarian * James Napier (actor) (born 1982), New Zealand actor * James Robert Napier (1821–1879), Scottish engineer, inventor of ''Napier's diagram'' * Jim Napier (born 1938), baseball catcher and manager * James Napier, "Jimmy Napes", English songwriter, producer and musician * Jessica Napier (born 1979), New Zealand actress, daughter of Marshall Napier * John Napier (1550–1617), Scots mathematician, physicist and astronomer * John Napier (1859–1939), English clergyman and cricketer * Sir John Mellis Napier (1882-1976), Chief Justice of South Australia 1942-1967 * John R. Napier (1917–1987), primatologist from the University of London, founder of the Primate Society of Great Britain * John Napier (born 1944), theatre set designer, recipient of many Tony and Olivier awards * John Napier (born 1946), Irish-born footballer and manager, notably with Bradford City A.F.C. * John Napier (born 1946), footballer, birth name Robert John Napier * John Light Napier (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina * John Napier (born 1986), American bobsledder * Joseph Napier (1804-1882), politician in the United Kingdom * Joseph Napier, a station keeper for the United States Lifesaving Service, founder of the lifesaving station at St. Joseph, Michigan,whose name was given to the cutter USCGC Joseph Napier * Lonnie Napier (born 1940), American politician from Kentucky * Macvey Napier (1776–1847), Scottish lawyer, editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica * Margaret Brisbane, 5th Lady Napier (died 1706), Scottish peer * Mark Napier (1798–1879), Scottish historian * Mark Napier (born 1957), retired Canadian ice-hockey player * Mark Napier (born 1961), American internet artist * Mark Francis Napier, British Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire, 1892–1895 * Marshall Napier, New Zealand actor, father of Jessica Napier * Montague Stanley Napier (1870–1931), English automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer * Mick Napier, American actor and director * Sir Nathaniel Napier (died 1635), of Middlemarsh Hall and Moor Crichel in Dorset, English Member of Parliament * Sir Nathaniel Napier, 2nd Baronet (1636–1709), English politician, traveller and dilettante. * Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier (born 1930), Scottish soldier and courtier * Nigel Napier-Andrews (born 1942), British/Canadian TV producer and director * Oliver Napier (1935-2011), first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland * Phillip Morris Napier, American politician in Maine * Richard Napier (1559–1634), astrologer * Priscilla Napier, English biographer * Prudence Hero Napier, British primatologist * Richard Napier (1559 – 1 April 1634) English astrologer and medical practitioner * Robert Napier (1791-1876), Scottish marine engineer * Sir Robert Napier (died 1615), English judge, Member of Parliament, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland * Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Luton Hoo (1560-1637), English merchant * Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet (c. 1603-1661), his son, Member of Parliament * Robert Napier (died 1766), British Adjutant-General to the Forces * Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), British Field Marshal * The Robert Napier School, Gillingham, Kent * Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Punknoll (1642–1700) * Robina Napier, aka Mrs. Alexander Napier, 19c British translator and antiquarian * Russell Napier (1910–1974), Australian actor * Shabazz Napier (born 1991), Puerto Rican-American basketball player * Sheena Napier, British costume designer * Simon Napier-Bell (born 1939), English music professional, one-time manager of The Yardbirds, Wham! and others * Sue Napier (born 1948), Tasmanian politician * Susan Napier, New Zealand novelist * Susan J. Napier, American professor * Thomas Napier (philanthropist) (1802–1881), Scottish philanthropist * Vice Admiral Sir Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier (1867–1920), Royal Navy office * Wilfrid Napier (born 1941), South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * William Napier, pseudonym for British novelist Christopher Hart * William Napier (1804–1879), lawyer, newspaper editor (in Singapore), and Lieutenant-Governor of Labuan * William Napier (1828–1908), winner of the Victoria Cross * Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier (1818–1903), British Army officer, Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst * William Ewart Napier (17 January 1881 in East Dulwich, Surrey - 6 September 1952 in Washington, D.C.) was an American chess master of English birth * General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785–1860), British Army officer and military historian * William Rawdon Napier (1877-1951), Admiral of the Royal Navy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Napier (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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