indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Scottish, German, Jewish (Ashkenazi), French, Picard, Breton, Swedish (Americanized)
Other Forms FormsCrone, Kron, Le Cron
Meaning & History
Scottish (Dumfriesshire and Cumberland): variant of Crone.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kron and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Cron is also found in France (Alsace).French (western): probably from crone, a regional word denoting a water hole, hence a nickname for someone who fishes in the water holes.French (northern): nickname for a hunchback, from Old Picard cron ‘curved, bent’.Breton (also Le Cron): nickname for a rotund man, from kronn ‘round(ed)’.Americanized form of Swedish Kron.