Around the world, Kirkup (Kirkup 
) is a very rare boy's forename. The first name Kirkup is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is an extremely rare male name. Much more prevalently, Kirkup is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Kirkup | United Kingdom, Australia, Latvia, Canada, United States |
| seymour kirkup British painter, GB (b. 1788) |
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