Meanings
plural Karps
- A surname.
CEO and cofounder Alex Karp distanced Palantir from other Silicon Valley technology companies in a letter included in the filing, writing that “we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments.”
2020 August 25, Sara Ashley O'Brien and Rachel Metz, “Palantir files paperwork to go public and reveals it has never turned a profit”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020
Origin
- GermanKarpfen“carp”
- EnglishKarp
* As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”). * As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).
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Karp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karp
“Karp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Karp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karp.
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