Karpe

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Karpe is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, India, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Karpé

• French surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States

  Also written Karpé

• Georgian name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Georgia

  Also written კარპე

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Karpe is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Possibly also an American variant of Karp.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, a carp (freshwater fish; in particular Cyprinus carpio)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, carp (Cyprinus carpio)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Basque, KARPE ( kharpea SP sin trad.). (En casos locales de declinación sing.). Bajo las llamas . Bañan halako zoririk eztukegu batere / ezen behar dugu egon kharpean bethiere . EZ Man I 114. Agertu izan zitzaion Sinako mendiaren desertuan aingeru bat sutan zegoen berro baten kharpean . He Act 7, 30.

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

• In Latvian, Karpa - saldūdens zivs ar lielām zvīņām un pelēcīgi zaļganu ķermeni

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Franz Samuel Karpeb. 1747SISlovenian philosopher
• Martha Epsteinb. 1875PLnot in their usual nameHolocaust victim (born 1875)
• Frieda Karpeb. 1881DEHolocaust victim (born 1881)
• Ludwig Karpeb. 1886CZholocaust victim, b. 1886-07-12
• Sven Karpeb. 1908SESwedish violinist
• Alfréd Karpeb. 1911CZHolocaust victim (born 1911)
• Alexandra Karpeb. 1988DEGerman association football player
• Jacek KarpePLPolish anesthetist, intensivist
• Blaž KarpeSIresearcher
• Fredrik KarpeSEresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Karpe mean, and where does it come from?

Hindu (Maratha) name, from Marathi kdrpa ‘burned’, ‘scorched’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Karpe?

A machine transcription gives /kɑɹp/ (IPA) for Hindi.

In which country does Karpe have the most bearers?

In India, the national register counted about 751 people named Karpe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karpe.

Where is Karpe most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Karpe is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 162 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Karpe?

In India, the national register counted 751 people named Karpe, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.