Family name origins & meanings
- German and Dutch : nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krol ‘curly’, Middle Low German krulle ‘ringlet’, ‘curl’, Middle Dutch croel, crul (apparently a loanword from German).
- German and Polish : variant of Krol.
- German : (also Kröll): from the Germanic personal name Rollo, based on hrōd ‘renown’, ‘victory’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Krol.