Given name

Carpus

“fruit”·“yield”

Carpus is used as a given name.

Original GreekΚαρπος

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a biblical name, Carpus means “fruit” or “yield.”

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Where it comes from

Carpus is a biblical name from Greek.

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How it developed

From the Greek noun karpos (καρπος), “fruit or yield.”

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In the Bible

In the Bible, the name Carpus appears in 2 Timothy 4:13.

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CarpusKarppa

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Carpus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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“man of anguish”

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Agabus

“grasshopper”

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Caiaphas

“basket man” · “cryptographer”

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Ampliatus

Ampliatus is a given name. It is used in Latin.

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Chamus

Chamus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.

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Tyrannus

“tyrant” · “of the tower”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Carpus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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