Karper Family History
Karper Name Meaning
German and Jewish (from Poland and Germany): derivative of Karp . Compare Carper . Dutch: metonymic occupational name from Middle Dutch carpere ‘carp’ for someone who catches or breeds carp in a hatchery or a nickname for someone as lively as a carp can be or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a carp.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022