Jepsen

Jepsen is a Danish–Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonymous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language Jepson. It may refer to the following notable people:

Jepsen

Pronunciation	/ˈdʒɛpsən/ German: [ˈjɛpsn̩]
Origin
Language(s)	Danish, Norwegian
Meaning	'Jacob's son'
Other names
Related names	Jepson, Jephson, Ibsen
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Surname

• Aage Jepsen Sparre (1462–1540), Danish priest, Archbishop of Lund
• Allan K. Jepsen (born 1977), Danish football player
• Carly Rae Jepsen (born 1985), Canadian singer/songwriter
• George Jepsen (born 1954), Attorney General of Connecticut
• Glenn Lowell Jepsen (1903–1974), American paleontologist
• Les Jepsen (born 1967), American basketball player
• Kevin Jepsen (born 1984), American baseball player
• Maria Jepsen (born 1945), German, first woman to become a Lutheran bishop in the Evangelical Church in Germany and worldwide
• Marie Jepsen (1940–2018), Danish politician
• Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965), American, founding chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child
• Roger Jepsen (1928–2020), U.S. Senator from Iowa

Jebsen

• Jørg Tofte Jebsen (1888–1922), Norwegian physicist
• Peter Jebsen (1824–1892), Norwegian businessperson and politician

See also

• Jepson
• Ibsen