Origin: Carp Greek - fruit.
Derivatives: Karpushka Karpuha, Karpusha, Kaprun.
Name-: January 17, June 8, 26 October.
Character: Carp modest by nature, does not accept other boasting and conceit. May even fire up. But it - rare cases on a lighter background cheerfulness and kindness of his nature. Several slow, as they say, a little slowpoke, but this very slow pace and accuracy in work plus goodwill to the people allow it to become quite a successful man.
Famous namesake: St. Apostle Carp - one of the Seventy Apostles of Jesus Christ; was a companion of Paul during his apostolic journeys, preaching the doctrine of Christ on the island of Crete and in France, died in g. Beria, the city being a bishop (I in. Memory June 8.
Carp - Martyr; suffered with papillary and Agafonikoy in the reign of Marcus Aurelius or Decius: was beheaded after the terrible torture (III in. Memory October 26.
Carp Anisimov - your half Moscow musketeers in 1672. famous for the fact that the width of the Volga froze implemented in Yaroslavl on orders Boyar Prince I. Odoevskogo.
Karp Pavlovich Skidan (? - 1638) - one of the leaders of the popular uprising 1637-1638 gg. Ukraine, associate P. Bout.
Carp Trofimovitch Solenik (1811-1851) - Ukrainian actor, one of the founders of Ukrainian realistic theater.