Family name origins & meanings
- Swiss German, German, and Dutch : occupational name for a mercenary soldier, Middle High German krieger (possibly from Late Latin (miles) gregarius ‘common soldier’, from grex ‘herd’,‘flock’, ‘crowd’).
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname for a quarrelsome person (see Krieg).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Kruger.