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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a much altered pet form of the personal name Erasmus, a Latinized form of Greek erasmos ‘loved’ (see Rasmus).
  • German : from a much altered pet form of the personal name Christian.
  • German : from Middle High German kresse ‘gudgeon’, hence probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman.
  • German : unflattering nickname for a greedy person, from Old High German krāssig, grātag ‘greedy’.

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