# Karp

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,290

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”).
* As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).

## Easily confused with
- **KP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kp)
- **kay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kay)
- **kat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kat)
- **kip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kip)
- **KKR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kkr)
- **kor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kor)
- **ker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-ker)
- **Kop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kop)
- **keep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-keep)
- **Kate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kate)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kurt)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kirk)
- **Katy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-katy)
- **Kerr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kerr)
- **kemp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kemp)
- **Katz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-katz)
- **kart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kart)
- **Kira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kira)
- **kern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kern)
- **Kaye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karp-vs-kaye)

## Common misspellings (6)
`akrp`, `kapr`, `karpp`, `karrp`, `kkarp`, `krap`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/karp