Kurp

Borrowed from Polish Kurp.

Kurp (plural Kurps)

1. A surname from Polish.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kurp is the 186924^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kurp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 367.

Borrowed from Polish kurp (“bast shoe”), also cognate with Lithuanian kurpė (“shoe”).

Kurp m (plural Kurpîen)

1. (regional: Low Prussian) bast shoe

• Parêske

• Frischbier, Hermann (1882–1883), “Kurp”, in Preußisches Wörterbuch. Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer (in German), volume 1, Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin. (Adolph Enslin.), page 449

From kurp.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurp/

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• Rhymes: -urp
• Syllabification: Kurp
• Homophone: kurp

Kurp m pers (female equivalent Kurpianka, related adjective kurpiowski)

1. Kurpian (person from the Kurpie region in Masovia)

Kurp m pers

1. a male surname

Kurp f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• Kurp in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Kurpie in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Kurp”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030