Kuperus
Kuperus and Cuperus are Latinized versions of the common Dutch surname Kuiper meaning cooper. This process was most common in the province of Friesland. One family changed the spelling from Cuperus to Couperus in the 19th century.
Kuperus
- Harmen Kuperus, Dutch football goalkeeper
- Max Kuperus, Dutch astronomer, professor of astrophysics at Utrecht University
- *9692 Kuperus, a Main Belt asteroid named after him
- Nicola Kuperus, American musician
Cuperus
- , Belgian politician and gymnastics promoter
- Watse Cuperus, Dutch journalist, writer and translator
Couperus
- Elisabeth Couperus-Baud, Dutch translator, wife of Louis
- John Ricus Couperus, Dutch lawyer in the Dutch East Indies, father of Louis
- Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist and poet; one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature