Karpel Family History
Karpel Name Meaning
German and Polish: from a personal name a diminutive of Karp Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Karpl a pet form of Karp Altered form of Polish Karpiel ‘rutabago’ a metonymic occupational name for a peasant farmer.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022