Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of a German name : perhaps Kronauer, a habitational name for someone from Kronau near Heidelberg, or Kronhöfer, a variant of Grünhofer, a habitational name for someone from a lost place called Grünhof, from Middle High German grūene ‘green’ or kranech ‘crane’ + hof ‘farmstead’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe