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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Křižan) : habitational name for someone from a place called Křižany, named with kříž ‘cross’.
  • Croatian (Križan) : from a short form of the personal names Kristofor (see Christopher) or Kristijan (see Christian).
  • Slovenian (Križan) : habitational name for a person from any of the many places called Križ, named with križ ‘cross’, or a nickname derived from this word.
  • Hungarian (Krizsán) : from the personal name Krizsán (see Christian).

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