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).