Polycarpe Family History

French and Haitian: from the French personal name Polycarpe Latin Polycarpus from Greek Polykarpos from the adjective polykarpos ‘fruitful’ (composed of polys ‘a lot of’ and karpos ‘fruit’ a word with mystical connotations among early Christians).

St. Polycarp was a 2nd-century bishop of Smyrna said to have known the Apostle John; he is regarded as one of the Apostolic Fathers.

This surname was brought to the US from Haiti.