English Explanatory Dictionary

Earp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in the far east of San Bernardino County, California, United States, named after Wyatt Earp.

Word forms

Earp Earps

Etymology

The definitive origin is unclear. Some are proposed, including Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”); or a connection to the placenames Ypres (Belgium) or Erpe (Netherlands).

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