- Crombwiella
Meaning: Lives by the winding stream
Origin: English - Crompton
In ancient Anglo-Saxon England, the ancestors of the Crompton surname lived in Crompton, a township in the county of Lancashire. This place-name is derived from the Old English word Crometun, when translated means those who lived by a well or spring. Buy PDF History »
Meaning: From the winding farm
Origin: English - Cromwell - KROHM-wel
English Meaning: The name Cromwell is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Cromwell is: Lives by the winding stream.
Meaning: The winding stream
Origin: English - Cronan - CROH-nən
Meaning of the Irish name Cronan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cronan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: cron “”brown, sallow, dark-skinned.””
Meaning:
- Cronus
Latinized form of the Greek Κρονος (Kronos), possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ker- meaning "to cut". Cronus was the Titan who fathered the Greek gods. As his wife Rhea gave birth to the gods, Cronus swallowed them fearing the prophecy that he would be overthrown by one of his children.
Meaning: A titan
Origin: Greek - Crosbey
Crosby is the transferred use of an English surname derived from place names generally found in Northern England or Southern Scotland. Towns so called “Crosby” derived their names from Scandinavian settlers, from the Old Nordic elements “kross” meaning “cross” and “byr” meaning “town, settlement”.
Meaning: Derived from crosby, by the cross
Origin: English - Crosbie
Crosbie. Buy JPG Image » The original Gaelic form of the Irish name Crosbie was written as Mac an Chrosain, which is derived from the word cros, which means cross.
Meaning: Derived from crosby, by the cross
Origin: English - Crosby - KROHZ-bee
Crosby Name Meaning. Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland and northern England that are named with Old Norse kross 'cross' + býr 'farm', 'settlement'.
Meaning: Living near a cross farm
Origin: Old Norse - Crosland
Crossland Name Meaning. English (chiefly West Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in the parish of Almondbury, West Yorkshire, named Crosland, from Old English cros 'cross' + land 'newly cultivated land'.
Meaning: Literally cross land
Origin: English - Croslea
Meaning: Derived from crosley, meadow with a cross
Origin: English - Crosleah
Meaning: From the cross meadow
Origin: English - Crosleigh
Meaning: From the cross meadow
Origin: English - Crosley
English Meaning: The name Crosley is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Crosley is: From the cross meadow.
Meaning: Meadow of the cross
Origin: English - Crosly
Meaning: From the cross meadow
Origin: English - Cross - KRAHS
Cross Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a stone cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Old Norse kross (via Gaelic from Latin crux, genitive crucis), which in Middle English quickly and comprehensively displaced the Old English form cruc (see Crouch).
Meaning:
- Crossland
Crossland Name Meaning. English (chiefly West Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in the parish of Almondbury, West Yorkshire, named Crosland, from Old English cros 'cross' + land 'newly cultivated land'.
Meaning: Variant of Crosland: Literally cross land.
Origin: English - Crossley
Crossley Name Meaning. English: habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire named Crossley, from Old English cros 'cross' + leah 'woodland clearing'.
Meaning: Derived from crosley, meadow with a cross
Origin: English - Crosson
Recorded in several spellings including MacCrossan, McCrossan, Crossan, Crosan, Crosen, Croson, Crossen, Crosson and others, this is an Irish surname. It is a developed form of the pre 10th century Gaelic Mac an Chrosain, meaning 'The son of the reciter of verse'.
Meaning:
- Croston - KROHS-tən
Croston Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Croston, from Old Norse kross 'cross' or Old English cros + Old English tun 'farmstead', 'settlement'.
Meaning: A settlement by the cross
Origin: English - Crow Hreidar
Meaning: Son of dangle beard
Origin: Norwegian - Crowell
Crowell Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Crowell, from Old English crawe 'crow' + well(a) 'spring', 'stream'.
Meaning: From a town in england
Origin: English - Crowley
Crowley (surname) The majority of the Crowley family came from the county of Cork, with three-quarters of the family originating from there. The Irish "O Cruadhlaoich" or "Ua Cruadhlaoich", a Gaelic name meaning "descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley".
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- Crowther
Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Notable people with the surname include: Arnold Crowther, stage-magician, puppeteer, and promoter of Wicca religion. Antony Crowther, British computer programmer.
Meaning: Fiddler
- Croydon - KROI-dən
As the vast majority of place names in the area are of Anglo-Saxon origin, the theory accepted by most philologists is that the name Croydon derives originally from the Anglo-Saxon croh, meaning "crocus", and denu, "valley", indicating that, like Saffron Walden in Essex, it was a centre for the cultivation of saffron.
Meaning: Valley of saffron
Origin: English - Cruadhlaoich
Meaning: Hunch backed
Origin: Irish - Crue
Meanings and history of the name Crue: | Edit. Created from the band Motley Crue. A "motley crue" is a diverse and poorly organized group. In French, the word "crue" means "flood".
Meaning:
- Cruim
- Cruise - KROOZ
Cruise (/ˈkruːz/ ( listen)) is an Anglo-Norman surname which originated in England during Norman Conquest. It is a variant form of Cruse; others include Cruwys and Cruize. In Ireland, Cruise is an old surname of Anglo-Norman origin which has been present there since the Anglo-Norman invasion in 1169.
Meaning: A very bold or daring person
Origin: English - Cruiz
Portuguese Meaning: The name Cruz is a Portuguese baby name. In Portuguese the meaning of the name Cruz is: Cross.
Meaning: Cross, crucifix
- Crusoe
Crusoe, as in castaway hero Robinson, is a literary invention by author Daniel Defoe. The character says his name is an Anglicization of the German Kreutznaer, which may be a place name or mean a crossing of the river Nahe. Short form Cru was given to nearly 50 boys in a recent year.
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