Given name & surname · also Old English
Earp
“swarthy”
Earp is a surname, possibly from Old English (ultimately Proto-Germanic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Earp possibly goes back to Old English eorp, meaning “swarthy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Earp possibly comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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