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crisp Name Meaning and History

  1. English: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, Old English crisp, cryps (Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus.
  2. Americanized spelling of the German cognate Krisp, from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.
  3. Americanized form of German Krisp, from a short form the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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crisp Family Facts

Distribution of crisp Families in the US in 1920
Number of crisp families
 112-221
 38-111		 1-37
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Threads: 381 - Messages: 1272
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Crisps in Suffolk, UK Nancy Crisp 9
The Crisp Family in Suffolk England Stacey Scott 2
Ancestors * Hilton, *Martin, *Mason, *O'Conner Donovan Duran 0
Another CHESLEY Crisp?? laine1147 3
Crisp Family From KY Sabrina Crisp 34
John Crisp & Son Ltd, Maltsters, Beccles, Suffolk eydonlass 3
WINIFRED CRISP AND ? GIBBS sgmartin05 0
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Crisp bkitchinaz 0
The Crisp Family in Suffolk England Stacey Scott 2
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