Jeppesen (surname)

Jeppesen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Jeppe", which is a Western Danish parallel form of the biblical given name Jacob. A slightly abbreviated form is Jepsen (alternatively Jebsen). The equivalent Eastern Danish form of Jacob is Ib resulting in the patronymic surname Ibsen (rarely Ipsen).

People with the surname include:

• Carl Jeppesen (1858–1930), Danish-born Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
• Elrey Borge Jeppesen (1907–1996), aviation pioneer of navigational maps and charts
• Hans Nielsen Jeppesen (1815–1883), Danish merchant and ship-owner
• Jørn Jeppesen (1919–1964), Danish stage and film actor
• Knud Jeppesen (1892–1974), Danish composer, musicologist and writer
• Lars Krogh Jeppesen (born 1979), Danish handball player
• Lis Jeppesen (born 1956), Danish ballet dancer
• Martin Jeppesen (born 1970), Danish veteran football player
• Steven Jeppesen (born 1984), Danish-born Swedish golfer
• Travis Jeppesen (born 1979), American novelist and poet