Kulikup is a rural locality and small town of the Shire of Boyup Brook in the South West region of Western Australia.

[2][3] Kulikup is located on the traditional land of the Kaneang (also spelt Kaniyang) people of the Noongar nation.

Scott later questioned the local indigenous population about the original name of the area and was told it was Norlup, meaning "shady place" because of the trees surrounding fresh water pools, prompting Scott to rename the place.

[8] The town of Kulikup was originally established in 1910 as a siding of the Boyup Brook to Kojonup railway line and named "Culicup".

The name itself comes from the near-by Culicup Pool, was first recorded in 1892 and is of Noongar origin but the meaning is unknown.