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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of German Krispel, a variant of Krisp (see Crisp).
  • Variant of French Crespel (‘curly-haired’), an older form of Crépel (see Creppel).
  • A Huguenot family from French Flanders bore this name (also in the forms Crépel and Crespel). They settled in Esopus, NY.

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