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Type Surname (from location & from nickname)
Other Forms FormsCrabbe, Crab, Krabb, Krabbe, Krab
Meaning & History
From Old English crabba "crab (crustacean)", a nickname for someone with a peculiar gait. Could also be from the sense of "crabapple (tree)", from Middle English crabbe "crabapple, wild apple", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a crabapple tree, or a nickname for a cantankerous person, with reference to the sourness of the fruit.