Turp

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Turp is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Turkish73%

  radish

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

• English18%

  metathesized form of TROOP, for THORP; first attested Robert de Turp 1177

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

  Abbreviation of transurethral resection of the prostate.

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

• Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, Türkiye, United States, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Türp

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Türp

• Estonian surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Estonia

  Also written Türp

32 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.

Turp is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, used to indicate an unnamed place relatively far from the speaker as the target of motion; there, to there, thither, to that place

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

• In Albanian, shame

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

• In Latvian, Virzienā uz vietu, kas atrodas samērā tālu no runātāja, vērotāja (pārvietoties, pārvietot)

  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.

• Hans Turpb. 1880EEEstonian journalist, photographer and teacher (1880-1947)
• August Turpb. 1887EEEstonian teacher (1887-1993)
• Viktor Turpb. 1905EEEstonian caricaturist (1905-1989)
• André Turpb. 1925CACanadian opera singer (1925–1991)
• Daniel Turpb. 1955CACanadian politician
• Gilbert Turpb. 1957CACanadian actor, teacher and writer
• Mısra Turpb. 1993TRTurkish computer scientist (born 1993)
• Okan Turpb. 2000TRTurkish association football player (born 2000)
• Gülen Yıldız TurpTRTurkish researcher

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).

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

Where does the name Turp come from?

metathesized form of TROOP, for THORP; first attested Robert de Turp 1177 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.

What are other forms of the name Turp?

In the etymology graph, Torma is a form of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Turp?

In Turkish /tuɾp/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

What does the name Turp mean?

In Turkish, radish

In which country does Turp have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Turp in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled turp.

How common is the name Turp?

In Switzerland, the national register counted 22 people named Turp in 2024, about 1 in 382 thousand residents.