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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Austrian German and Czech (Křen) : from Czech křen ‘horseradish’, hence a nickname for a keen, fit person, or possibly an occupational name for a dealer in spices and condiments.
  • Jewish (from Belarus) : unexplained.
  • Slovenian : altered form of Hren.

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