Given name & surname
Karp
“fruit-bearing”
Karp is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “fruit-bearing.”
Original GreekΚάρπ
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “fruit-bearing.”
Where it comes from
Karp comes from German, and ultimately from Koine Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Karp as a surname developed from Karpfen.
Karp’s family of names
In English usage, Karp as a surname developed from the German form Karpfen. In German usage, Karp as a surname has a related form in CARP. In Greek usage, Karp as a surname is a transliteration of Κάρπ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Karp has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karp
- Karp SviridovSoviet general (1896-1967)
- Karp KhachvankyanArmenian actor (1923-1998)
- Karp ZolotaryovRussian artist1700
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