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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin uncertain. : Origin uncertain. Possibly a variant of English Crippe, from Middle English crippe ‘pouch’, either an occupational name for a maker of pouches or a nickname for someone who habitually wore a distinctive pouch.
  • Origin uncertain. : Americanized spelling of German Kreipe, from a topographic name of uncertain origin.

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