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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Krupník), Polish, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from a noun derivative of kroupa ‘pearl barley’. This may have been an occupational name for a dealer in barley, or a nickname with any of various applications. Yiddish krupnik also means ‘pearl barley soup’, and the Jewish name may also be ornamental.

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