Meaning and Origin
What does the name Alp mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- 2 people from Turkey and the United States agree the name Alp is of Turkish origin and means "hero".
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Alp is of Turkish origin and means "Brave".
- A submission from Turkey says the name Alp means "Brave,valiant,warrior" and is of Turkish origin.
- A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc."Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp." [Milton.]"Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise." [Pope.]
- Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
Note: ☞ The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. “The Alps doth spit.”
Etymology: L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or lump: cf. F. Alpes
- Any high mountain
Back-formation from alps (plural), from Latin alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”), of Celtic *albiyos or Germanic *albiz origin (compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).
- A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
alp was also found in the following language(s): Dutch, French, Irish, Middle High German, Scottish Gaelic, Swedish, and Turkish