Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings Germanized or Americanized spelling of Kral.Germanized form of Slovenian Kralj (see Kraly).German : nickname for a lively person, from Low German krall ‘lively’, ‘cheerful’.German : habitational name from a farmstead so named near Meppen, Westphalia. Famous people with this last name Diana Krall