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7/4/2021, 5:18 PM General9696

Name Crownover
Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsCronauer, Gronauer, Kronauer, Kronhöfer, Grünhofer
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Americanised spelling of German Kronauer, denoting someone from Kronau, a town near Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It could also be an Americanised form of Kronhöfer (a variant of Grünhofer), a habitational name for someone from a lost place called Grünhof, derived from Middle High German gruene meaning "green" or kranech meaning "crane" and hof meaning "farmstead".
Added 7/4/2021 by General9696