Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage English, Scottish Meaning & History Nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Middle English croket ''large curl'' (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque "curl", "hook").
Save Type Surname Usage Scottish Meaning & History Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riocaird "son of Richard".
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