The story
- Old English · derived fromċiriċe“church”
- English todayKirkup
Probably a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + upp (“up, top”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċiriċe all →
churchKirkwoodKirkhamKirtonCheritonWoodkirk
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.