Given name & surname · also German
Carp
“kind of fish”
Carp is a surname with more than one origin.
Original GermanKarp
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, it goes back to a word meaning “kind of fish.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Carp has more than one origin: in one tradition, it comes from German; as an English surname, it goes back to a word meaning “kind of fish”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Carp’s family of names
In English usage, Carp as a surname has a related form in Karp. In German usage, Carp as a surname has a related form in Karp.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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