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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Kříž) and Slovak (KrÍž) : from the old personal name Kříž (literally ‘cross’) or a short form of Kristián (see Christian).
  • Slovenian (Križ) : nickname or topographic name from križ ‘cross’, ‘crucifix’.

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