Goeppert

Goeppert is a surname of German origin. In German, the surname is typically Göppert; in English contexts it is often written Goeppert. The name appears in historical and contemporary records in German-speaking countries and among descendants of German emigrants.

Notable people associated with the name include Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906–1972), a German-born American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for the development of the nuclear shell model. She published the Goeppert Mayer work with her married name, and some sources refer to her as Goeppert-Mayer.

Other individuals with the surname Goeppert are less widely documented; the name is relatively rare and is primarily known through historical references in science and academia. The Goeppert-Mayer designation is sometimes used to acknowledge the combined identity of Maria Goeppert Mayer after marriage.